suburb
Americannoun
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a district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community.
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the suburbs, the area composed of such districts.
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an outlying part.
noun
Other Word Forms
- suburbed adjective
- unsuburbed adjective
Etymology
Origin of suburb
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin suburbium, from sub- sub- + urb(s) “city” + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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"They take cars fitted with speakerphones and they give them flags and they march with lots of noise and shout slogans in the streets," another resident in a Tehran suburb told AFP recently.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The chief sponsor of the bill, Senate President Rob Wagner, a Democrat representing the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, also declined to answer when asked if he was aware of Oregon’s investigations into Dundon’s businesses.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
The museum, set in a leafy Brussels suburb, holds millions of documents containing geological data that could significantly speed up mineral exploration in Congo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
The Bears haven’t found the same expediency in Illinois despite buying a parcel of land in Arlington Heights, a Chicago suburb, in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
They included an Egyptian scientist and his wife, also on their way to Mecca for the Hajj, who insisted I go with them to dinner in a restaurant in Heliopolis, a suburb of Cairo.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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