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urbs

UK/ɜːbz/US/ɝbz/

urbs noun: a walled city in Ancient Rome.

Noun

urbs (plural urbes)

  1. A walled city in Ancient Rome.

Forms of urbs

pluralurbes

Origin of urbs

Borrowed from Latin urbs.

Words that rhyme with urbs

Questions about urbs

What does urbs mean?
Urbs means a walled city in Ancient Rome.
What part of speech is urbs?
Urbs is a noun.
How do you pronounce urbs?
Urbs is pronounced /ɜːbz/ (UK).
What is the plural of urbs?
The plural of urbs is urbes.

Words near urbs in the dictionary

  1. Urbino
  2. URBIs
  3. urbiscript
  4. Urbiztondo
  5. Urbom
  6. urbs
  7. URC
  8. urcei
  9. urceiform
  10. urceolar
  11. urceolarian

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