"Durban" meaning in English

See Durban in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈdɜː.bən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɝ.bən/ [General-American], /ˈdøːbən/ [General-South-African] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Durban.wav Forms: Durbans [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən Etymology: From D'Urban, from French d’Urbain, from Urbain, from Latin Urbanus, from urbanis, from urbs. * The city in South Africa is named after Benjamin D'Urban. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|d'Urbain}} French d’Urbain, {{der|en|la|Urbanus}} Latin Urbanus Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Durban (countable and uncountable, plural Durbans)
  1. A city and seaport in KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in South Africa, Places in South Africa Translations (city in South Africa): Durban (Afrikaans), Դուրբան (Durban) (Armenian), 德班 (Débān) (Chinese Mandarin), Durban (French), ダーバン (Dāban) (Japanese), 더반 (Deoban) (Korean), ഡർബൻ (ḍaṟbaṉ) (Malayalam), Durban [feminine] (Portuguese), Ду́рбан (Dúrban) [masculine] (Russian), Дурбан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Durban [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), டர்பன் (ṭarpaṉ) (Tamil), eThekwini (Zulu)
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  2. (countable) A surname. Tags: countable Synonyms: D'Urban, d'Urban, dUrban
    Sense id: en-Durban-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Durbanite, Durban poison
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