how to say “urban” in Hebrew
עִירוֹנִי
Already in Mishnaic times, Hebrew began employing עיר to describe the then-novel concepts of urban and municipal – as well as an urbanite (city dweller), rendering the word עִירוֹנִי
listen and repeat.
listen and repeat.For example:
יֵשׁ לָנוּ סִפְרִיָּה עִירוֹנִית.
We have a municipal library.
and
הָעִירוֹנִים חוֹשְׁבִים שֶׁהֵם יוֹדְעִים הַכֹּל.
(The) urbanites think they know everything.
Don’t confuse עירוני with the word for ironic – אִירוֹנִי listen and repeat. Although the two words sound similar in Modern-Hebrew pronunciation, they mean two different things and are spelled differently.
listen and repeat. Although the two words sound similar in Modern-Hebrew pronunciation, they mean two different things and are spelled differently. 
