Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urbanness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ur-ban-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being urban.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The city’s quintessential urbanness could be its silver lining."

Etymology

From urban + -ness. Piecewise doublet of urbaneness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: urban

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

urbanity

Questions

What does urbanness mean?: The state or condition of being urban.
Where does urbanness come from?: From urban + -ness. Piecewise doublet of urbaneness.

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