suburbia

[ suh-bur-bee-uh ]

noun

1. suburbs collectively.
2. suburbanites collectively.
3. the social or cultural aspects of life in the suburbs.

suburbia

/ səˈbɜːbɪə /

noun

1. suburbs or the people living in them considered as an identifiable community or class in society
2. the life, customs, etc, of suburbanites

Word History and Origins

Origin of suburbia¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; suburb + -ia

Example Sentences

“I believe that women have to be protected, men have to be, children, everybody — but women have to be protected when they’re at home in suburbia,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

He thinks his conservative neighbors here in the Sierra foothills where old gold country merges with swanky Sacramento suburbia are, too.

From Los Angeles Times

Alpine feel but less than an hour to suburbia and less than two hours from Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

Getting to travel so much gave me a great perspective coming back to suburbia and realizing how weird this place was.

From Los Angeles Times

In what it declared to be a world exclusive,, external The Mail on Sunday unveiled Banksy as Mr Gunningham, "a former public schoolboy brought up in middle-class suburbia".

From BBC

Related Words

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