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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsuburbed, adjective
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Other Words From

  • suburbed adjective
  • un·suburbed adjective
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of suburb1

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

It looks like the shoot-out at the OK Corral in a leafy Eindhoven suburb—but nobody seems to be a very good shot.

By September, he was flashing a thumbs-up to assembled fans as he walked into court in a Barcelona suburb.

On a recent trip to a rough Roman suburb, he apologized for the extra police protection.

And as this map shows, there are now five Soofas in Boston proper as well as two in the suburb of Babson.

Stephen Knolls School is a public school in a Maryland suburb of Washington DC.

The city and commercial suburb of Binondo wore their usual aspect, although trade was almost at a standstill.

Parochial church of Santiago, a suburb of Manila, and the souls cared for therein.

On February 18th the French captured the suburb on the left bank of the river, and thus placed the inner town between two fires.

It was one of a terrace of three that stood high above the suburb, close to the elm-tree walk overlooking the West Heath.

This part is really the city; beyond is a suburb laid out in gardens densely inhabited.

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