urbanite
intermediateB2/ˈɜːrbənaɪt/ · ur-ban-ite
A person who lives in or is accustomed to life in a city or urban area, as distinguished from someone living in a rural or suburban setting.
Meanings
A person who lives in or is accustomed to life in a city or urban area, as distinguished from someone living in a rural or suburban setting.
وہ شخص جو شہر میں رہتا ہو یا شہری زندگی کا عادی ہو، دیہاتی یا قصباتی شخص کے برعکس۔
شہری
shehri
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Common Collocations
- typical urbanite
- young urbanite
- modern urbanite
- self-proclaimed urbanite
- urbanite lifestyle
- confirmed urbanite
- die-hard urbanite
Example Sentences
As a lifelong urbanite, she found it difficult to adjust to the quiet of the countryside.
ساری عمر شہر میں رہنے والی ہونے کی وجہ سے اسے دیہاتی خاموشی میں ڈھلنا مشکل لگا۔
Saari umar shehar mein rehne wali hone ki wajah se use dehati khamoshi mein dhalna mushkil laga.
The documentary explored how urbanites cope with stress in crowded cities.
اس دستاویزی فلم نے یہ جاننے کی کوشش کی کہ شہری گنجان آبادی میں تناؤ سے کیسے نمٹتے ہیں۔
Is dastavezi film ne yeh janne ki koshish ki ke shehri gunjaan aabadi mein tanaao se kaise nipatate hain.
Many urbanites are now moving to smaller towns in search of a quieter life.
بہت سے شہری اب پرسکون زندگی کی تلاش میں چھوٹے قصبوں کی طرف منتقل ہو رہے ہیں۔
Bohat se shehri ab pursakoon zindagi ki talash mein chhote qasbon ki taraf muntaqil ho rahe hain.
He was a true urbanite who could not imagine life without skyscrapers and subways.
وہ ایک پکا شہری تھا جو فلک بوس عمارتوں اور زیر زمین ریل کے بغیر زندگی کا تصور نہیں کر سکتا تھا۔
Woh ek pakka shehri tha jo falak bos imaraton aur zir zamin rail ke baghair zindagi ka tasawwur nahi kar sakta tha.
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💡 Memory Tip
Break it down: 'URBAN' (city) + 'ITE' (a person belonging to a place, like 'Israelite' or 'socialite'). An urbanite is simply a 'city person'. Think: 'Urban-ite = city-person'.
Picture a stylishly dressed person standing confidently in front of a glittering city skyline at night, holding a cup of coffee and looking completely at home among the skyscrapers and traffic — that is your urbanite.
✍️ Urdu Poetry
شہر کی روشنیوں میں گم ہے وہ شہری مرا دیہات کی مٹی سے ناواقف ہے دل اس کا ذرا
Shehar ki roshniyyon mein gum hai woh shehri mera Dehaat ki mitti se nawaaqif hai dil us ka zara
Lost in the city's lights is that urbanite of mine, His heart is utterly unfamiliar with the soil of the countryside.
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🗣️ Urdu Proverb
شہر کا کتا بھی شہری ہوتا ہے
Shehar ka kutta bhi shehri hota hai
Even the dog of a city becomes a city dweller — meaning that one's environment shapes one's nature and habits.
📖 Etymology
Origin: Latin "urbanus" — of or belonging to a city
First known use: early 20th century (circa 1900s)
The word 'urbanite' derives from the Latin 'urbanus', which itself comes from 'urbs' meaning 'city'. The suffix '-ite' denotes a person associated with a place or group. The word entered English in the early 20th century to describe a person who lives in or is characteristic of a city, as urbanization became a major social phenomenon in the modern era.