suburb
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. Suburbs have more single-family homes than apartment buildings, and living there, you are more likely to have a yard with trees and grass. The downside is, if you work in the city, you might have a long commute that adds to the time you are away from your family.
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a residential district located on the outskirts of a citysynonyms: suburban area, suburbiaexamples:Wimbledona suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courtsClichy-la-Garennea northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th centuryOrlya southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving ParisSun Citya residential suburb of Phoenixtypes:additiona suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential areabedroom communitya community where many commuters livefaubourga New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the citystockbroker belta wealthy residential suburbtype of:community, residential area, residential districta district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
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