urbs

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Everything inside was urbs, city space consecrated by priests who interpreted the will of the gods; everything outside was ager — unhallowed open territory.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

Man has been moving to the suburbs ever since he invented the urbs.

From Time Magazine Archive

But as their industries, their urbs, suburbs and highways encroach upon the wilderness, that wilderness becomes particularly precious.

From Time Magazine Archive

It suggests a place where the rubes rub against the urbs, and where rhubarb is grown and sold at roadside stands.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Nam Saba urbs eadem fuisse perhibetur quae a Cambyse Meroe in uxoris honorem dicta est:" quoted from Eichom's ed. of Sim.

From A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy by English, George Bethune