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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Urban #55285 02/04/02 11:04 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus OP old hand OP Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Meandering thoughts while studying for art history exam . . . Merriam Webster says that urban comes from the Latin word for city (urbs). How, if at all, does this relate to urbane (notably polite or finished in manner) and Urban, as in the name of various popes, including the one who started the Crusades? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Urban Jazzoctopus 02/04/02 11:04 PM Re: Urban wwh 02/04/02 11:14 PM Re: Urban Bobyoungbalt 02/05/02 04:05 AM Re: Urban emanuela 02/05/02 06:10 AM Re: Contadino Faldage 02/05/02 11:41 AM Re: Contadino emanuela 02/05/02 12:24 PM Re: Contadino context Faldage 02/05/02 02:02 PM Re: Contadino context milum 02/05/02 03:41 PM Re: Contadino context wwh 02/05/02 03:58 PM It's a gas! Rubrick 02/05/02 04:23 PM Re: It's a gas! wwh 02/05/02 05:20 PM Re: It's a gas! Angel 02/05/02 07:56 PM Re: It's a gas! AnnaStrophic 02/05/02 09:13 PM Re: It's a gas! of troy 02/05/02 11:40 PM Re: Contadino context AnnaStrophic 02/05/02 04:12 PM F**t Bobyoungbalt 02/06/02 04:55 AM Re: F**t wow 02/06/02 02:25 PM Re: Contadino Angel 02/05/02 07:51 PM Re: Contadino Faldage 02/05/02 08:01 PM Re: Contadina Angel 02/05/02 08:10 PM Villano Sparteye 02/05/02 07:37 PM Re: Villano belMarduk 02/05/02 09:08 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,997 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 660 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,958 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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