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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

/ ˈʌɜː /

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

  • ˈܲܰ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲu adjective
  • un·ܲu 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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Local media reported that the car was parked next to the general's house in the eastern suburb of Balashikha and exploded as he walked past it.

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After circulating a flyer with Metcalf's face labeled "Protect White Americans," Lang descended on this Texas suburb to lead a rally painting Black Americans as a near-existential threat to white Americans.

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Born and raised in an affluent suburb of Washington, D.C., his younger years were plagued with what he called “complete buffoonery” — street fights, misplaced aggression and behavior that resulted in multiple arrests.

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Paul Padasas Jr was at home in Taguig, a suburb of Manila, when he received the news of his daughter's death.

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Liberal leader Mark Carney held events in Prince Edward Island and Quebec, while Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre had a rally in Vaughan, a suburb of Toronto, on Tuesday evening.

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