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Suburb

Suburb Meaning & Definition
Suburb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Suburb?

[n] a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

Synonyms | Synonyms for Suburb: suburban area | suburbia

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See Also | addition | community | faubourg | fringe | Orly | outskirt | residential area | residential district | stockbroker belt | Wimbledon

Suburb In Webster's Dictionary

\Sub"urb\, n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See {Urban}.] 1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. ``In the suburbs of a town.'' --Chaucer. [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. --Hallam. 2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. ``The suburbs . . . of sorrow.'' --Jer. Taylor. The suburb of their straw-built citadel. --Milton. {Suburb roister}, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] --Milton.

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