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A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city. Suburbs can have their own political or legal jurisdiction, especially in the United States, but this is not always the case, especially in the United Kingdom, where most suburbs are ...
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1. a. : an outlying part of a city or town. b. : a smaller community adjacent to or within commuting distance of a city. c. suburbs plural : the residential area on the outskirts of a city or large town. 2. suburbs plural : the near vicinity : environs. suburban. sə-ˈbər-bən. adjective or noun. suburbanite. sə-ˈbər-bə-ˌnīt. noun. Did you know?
an area outside a city but near it and consisting mainly of homes, sometimes also having stores and small businesses: [ pl ] Most of the people who live in the suburbs work in the city. suburban. adjective us / səˈbɜr·bən / He grew up in a wealthy suburban community near Chicago.
Suburb definition: a district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community.. See examples of SUBURB used in a sentence.
Britannica Dictionary definition of SUBURB. [count] : a town or other area where people live in houses near a larger city. She left the city and moved to the suburbs. [=one of the suburbs near that city] — often + of. the suburbs of Chicago. I grew up in a suburb of Denver.
IPA guide. Other forms: suburbs. A suburb is a residential district located on the outskirts of a city. If you live in the suburbs, you probably travel to the city for work. Suburb comes from Latin: sub means "below or near" and urbis means "city." You also will recognize this root in urban.
