rus in urbe

/ rʊs ɪn ˈɜːbɪ /

(no translation)

1. the country in the town

Example Sentences

“It gives a sense of rus in urbe, which means rusticity in town,” mused Alex Perkins, a Cambridge University librarian, as a dark-red steer meandered across his evening commute.

From Seattle Times

“It gives a sense of rus in urbe, which means rusticity in town,” mused Alex Perkins, a Cambridge University librarian, as a dark red steer meandered across his evening commute.

From New York Times

All of them offer a family-friendly taste of rus in urbe and a chance to meet domesticated animals.

From The Guardian

True, we have quite near Paris, Ville-d'Avray, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Enghien, Meudon, Bellevue, and I do not know how many more delightful places; but they are suburbs, and not rus in urbe, like Chelsea, St. John's Wood, Hampstead, and many others practically in the heart of London.

From Project Gutenberg

In Paris her mood is usually gracious, for Paris is the favoured city, the queen-city, the one haunt of the multitude where you can meet the Rus in Urbe, where you can salute the pets of art in the bosom of the Benign Mother.

From Project Gutenberg