urb
city
Latin · urbs, urbis
Urb comes from Latin urbs, a city. Urban means of the city, suburb is just below (near) the city, and conurbation is a big area where cities have grown together.
Memory trick
Urb sounds like 'herb' in a city park; picture a tiny herb pot on a city balcony.
Words from this root
- urban (urb + an) — of or in a cityशहरी
- urbane (urb + ane) — polite, smooth, well manneredशिष्ट, सभ्य
- urbanity (urb + an + ity) — polished, courteous mannerशिष्टता
- urbanize (urb + an + ize) — to make city-likeशहरी बनाना
- urbanization (urb + an + ization) — growth of towns and citiesशहरीकरण
- urbanite (urb + an + ite) — person who lives in a cityशहर में रहने वाला
- urbanism (urb + an + ism) — city life or city planningशहरी जीवन या नगर नियोजन
- suburb (sub + urb) — residential area near a cityउपनगर
- suburban (sub + urb + an) — of a suburbउपनगर का
- suburbanite (sub + urb + an + ite) — person living in a suburbउपनगर का निवासी
- suburbia (sub + urb + ia) — suburbs and their way of lifeउपनगर और वहाँ की जीवनशैली
- conurbation (con + urb + ation) — cities merged into one big areaमिलकर बने महानगर
- interurban (inter + urb + an) — between citiesशहरों के बीच का
- inurbane (in + urb + ane) — rude, not polishedअशिष्ट, रूखा