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urban legend

urban legend noun: a widely circulated story that is untrue or dubious, often having elements of humor or horror.

Noun

urban legend (plural urban legends)

  1. A widely circulated story that is untrue or dubious, often having elements of humor or horror.
    Synonyms:
    urban myth

urban legend meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

urban legend in Hindi

dubious story
शहरी किंवदंती śahrī kimvdantī

urban legend in Tamil

நகர்புறக் கதை

urban legend in Bengali

dubious story
শহুরে কিংবদন্তি śohure kiṅbodonti

urban legend in Malayalam

dubious story
അർബൻ ലെജന്റ് aṟbaṉ lejanṟŭ
More languagesFewer languages
urban legend in Punjabi
ਸਮਕਾਲੀ ਮਿੱਥ samkālī mittha
urban legend in Tagalog
kuwentong-barbero
urban legend in Malay
legenda bandar
urban legend in Indonesian
legenda urban
urban legend in Persian
افسانه محلی
urban legend in Thai
ตำนานพื้นบ้าน
urban legend in Vietnamese
truyền thuyết đô thị

Synonyms of urban legend

Forms of urban legend

pluralurban legends

Questions about urban legend

What does urban legend mean?
Urban legend means a widely circulated story that is untrue or dubious, often having elements of humor or horror.
What is urban legend in Hindi?
Urban legend in Hindi is शहरी किंवदंती (śahrī kimvdantī). See Urban legend meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is urban legend?
Urban legend is a noun.
What is the plural of urban legend?
The plural of urban legend is urban legends.

Words near urban legend in the dictionary

  1. urban fantasies
  2. urban fantasy
  3. urban fee
  4. urban fees
  5. urban furniture
  6. urban legend
  7. urban legends
  8. urban lumberjack
  9. urban lumberjacks
  10. urban mine
  11. urban mines

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: urban legend (page history and authors); urban legend (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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