See urbanity on Wiktionary
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "what is characteristically urban",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "urbanité"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "what is characteristically urban",
"word": "miejskość"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "what is characteristically urban",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "urbanism"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"urbanity"
],
"word": "urbanity"
}
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