suburb

[ suhb-urb ]

noun

1. a district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community.
2. the suburbs, the area composed of such districts.
3. an outlying part.

suburb

/ ˈsʌbɜːb /

noun

1. a residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town

Derived Forms

• ˈsuburbed, adjective

Other Words From

• suburbed adjective
• un·suburbed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of suburb¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin suburbium, from sub- sub- + urb(s) “city” + -ium -ium

Word History and Origins

Origin of suburb¹

C14: from Latin suburbium, from sub- close to + urbs a city

Example Sentences

For his entire life he’d watched as Allen, Texas, the upper-middle-class Dallas suburb where he grew up, more than doubled in size, with quick-built mansions and car-choked freeways.

From Salon

More places are needed as the Ipswich Garden Suburb development, which could comprise 3,500 new homes, is built.

From BBC

"I didn't manage to protect him," Audrey F said of her late colleague - a well-liked history and geography teacher in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.

From BBC

A Hezbollah drone also hit the playground of a kindergarten in a suburb of the Israeli city of Haifa, but no-one was hurt.

From BBC

Dozens of youths dressed in black damaged cars in a western suburb, where the tram was attacked on '40-'45 Square.

From BBC

Related Words

• countryside
• environs
• hinterland
• outpost
• outskirts
• suburbia
• village