Urbana
Americannoun
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a city in E Illinois, adjoining Champaign.
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a city in W Ohio.
Example Sentences
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"We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens; we are humans and we are Americans," the singer said after being given the Grammy for Best Musica Urbana Album.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
Along with Italy's Impregilo, Belgium's Jan De Nul and Panama's Constructora Urbana, Sacyr was part of the consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal that carried out the Panama Canal's expansion between 2009 and 2016.
From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025
Brandt, 76, was hurt Thursday in a crash in Urbana, Illinois, and died from injuries on Sunday.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023
Foti’s win comes just a few days after he led the Saints with a 7-over 79 at the Interstate Athletic Conference championship at Worthington Manor in Urbana.
From Washington Post • May 2, 2023
A key piece in the jigsaw puzzle of the doomed robins was soon to be supplied by Dr. Roy Barker of the Illinois Natural History Survey at Urbana.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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