urban legend

Noun

 * 1) A widely circulated story that is untrue or dubious, often having elements of humour or horror.
 * The claim that alligators live in New York City's sewers is an old urban legend.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: vandrehistorie
 * Dutch:, broodje aap, stadslegende
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: lenda urbana
 * German: moderne Legende,
 * Greek: αστικός μύθος
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: leggenda metropolitana
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: қала аңызы
 * Latvian: mūsdienu teika
 * Mongolian: хотын домог
 * Polish: legenda miejska
 * Portuguese: lenda urbana
 * Russian: городска́я леге́нда
 * Spanish: leyenda urbana
 * Swedish: vandringssägen,
 * Tagalog: kuwentong-barbero
 * Turkish: şehir efsanesi
 * Ukrainian: міська́ леге́нда
 * Vietnamese: truyền thuyết đô thị