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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

/ ˈ²õʌ²úɜː²ú /

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

  • ˈ²õ³Ü²ú³Ü°ù²ú±ð»å, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ü²úu°ù²ú±ð»å adjective
  • un·²õ³Ü²úu°ù²ú±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of suburb1

C14: from Latin suburbium, from sub- close to + urbs a city
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Before the season opener, he watched as the Bruins conducted a basketball clinic in the suburbs of Paris with economically disadvantaged children, teaching them how to dribble with each hand, jump stop and pivot.

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Police said a man and a woman, who have not been named, were found after officers were asked to conduct a welfare check in Roseneath, a suburb of the capital Wellington, on Monday.

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Ms Giuffre had recently been living with her children and husband Robert in the suburb of North Perth, Australia, though recent reports suggest the couple have split after 22 years of marriage.

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The Taliban gang has its stronghold in Canaan, a suburb in the north of Port-au-Prince.

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An Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs has killed four people, Lebanon's health ministry says, putting further pressure on a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

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