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nounA widely circulated story that is untrue or dubious, often having elements of humor or horror.
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Basque hiri kondaira
- hiri kondairadubious story
Bengali শহুরে কিংবদন্তি
- শহুরে কিংবদন্তি (śohure kiṅbodonti)dubious story
Bulgarian градска легенда
- градска легенда (gradska legenda)dubious story
Catalan llegenda urbana
- llegenda urbanadubious story
Chinese Mandarin 傳聞 /传闻, 都市傳說 /都市传说
- 傳聞 /传闻 (chuánwén)dubious story
- 都市傳說 /都市传说 (dūshì chuánshuō)dubious story
- 都會傳奇 /都会传奇 (dūhuì chuánqí)dubious story
Czech městská legenda
- městská legendadubious story
Danish vandrehistorie
- vandrehistoriedubious story
Dutch broodjeaapverhaal, broodje aap
- broodjeaapverhaaldubious story
- broodje aapdubious story
- stadslegendedubious story
Estonian linnalegend
- linnalegenddubious story
Finnish urbaanilegenda, kaupunkilegenda
- urbaanilegendadubious story
- kaupunkilegendadubious story
- kaupunkitarinadubious story
French légende urbaine
- légende urbainedubious story
German moderne Legende, Großstadtlegende
- moderne Legendedubious story
- Großstadtlegendedubious story
- moderne Sagedubious story
Greek αστικός μύθος
- αστικός μύθος (astikós mýthos)dubious story
Hebrew אגדה אורבנית
- אגדה אורבניתdubious story
Hindi शहरी किंवदंती
- शहरी किंवदंती (śahrī kimvdantī)dubious story
Hungarian városi legenda
- városi legendadubious story
Indonesian legenda urban
- legenda urbandubious story
Italian leggenda metropolitana
- leggenda metropolitanadubious story
Japanese 都市伝説
- 都市伝説 (toshi densetsu)dubious story
Korean 도시전설
- 도시전설 (dosijeonseol)dubious story
Latvian mūsdienu teika
- mūsdienu teikadubious story
Lithuanian šiuolaikinė sakmė
- šiuolaikinė sakmėdubious story
Malay legenda bandar
- legenda bandardubious story
Norwegian vandrehistorie
- vandrehistoriedubious story
Persian افسانه محلی
- افسانه محلیdubious story
Polish legenda miejska
- legenda miejskadubious story
Portuguese lenda urbana
- lenda urbanadubious story
Punjabi ਸਮਕਾਲੀ ਮਿੱਥ
- ਸਮਕਾਲੀ ਮਿੱਥ (samkālī mittha)dubious story
Romanian legendă urbană
- legendă urbanădubious story
Russian городска́я леге́нда
- городска́я леге́нда (gorodskája legénda)dubious story
Spanish leyenda urbana
- leyenda urbanadubious story
Swedish vandringssägen, klintbergare
- vandringssägendubious story
- klintbergaredubious story
Tagalog kuwentong-barbero
- kuwentong-barberodubious story
Thai ตำนานพื้นบ้าน
- ตำนานพื้นบ้านdubious story
Turkish şehir efsanesi
- şehir efsanesidubious story
Ukrainian міська́ леге́нда
- міська́ леге́нда (misʹká lehénda)dubious story
Vietnamese truyền thuyết đô thị
- truyền thuyết đô thịdubious story
Cite this entry
APA
urban legend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urban%20legend
MLA
“urban legend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urban%20legend. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urban legend,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urban%20legend.
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