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suburban

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sub·ur·ban  (s-bûrbn)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a suburb.
2. Located or residing in a suburb.
3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture, customs, and manners typical of life in the suburbs.
n.
A suburbanite.

suburban [səˈbɜːbən]
adj
1. (Social Science / Human Geography) of, relating to, situated in, or inhabiting a suburb or the suburbs
2. (Social Science / Human Geography) characteristic of or typifying a suburb or the suburbs
3. Mildly derogatory narrow or unadventurous in outlook
n
(Sociology) another word for suburbanite
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.suburban - relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs; "suburban population"

suburban
adjective
1. residential, commuter, dormitory a comfortable suburban area
2. conventional, boring, conservative, dull, ordinary, small-town, bourgeois, parochial ghastly good taste and suburban gentility
Translations
suburban [səˈbɜːbən] ADJ
1. (lit) people who live in suburban areasla gente que vive en las zonas residenciales de las afueras de una ciudad
he was born in suburban Londonnació en una zona residencial de las afueras de Londres
suburban traintren m de cercanías
2. (= middle-class) [lifestyle, values, housewife, family] → de clase media

suburban [səˈbɜːrbən] adj
[home, street] → de banlieue; [area, life] → en banlieue
a suburban train → un train de banlieue
(= dull and conventional) → banlieusard(e)

suburban
adj area, communityvorstädtisch; (pej)spießig, kleinbürgerlich; the area is becoming increasingly suburbandie Gegend nimmt immer mehr vorstädtischen Charakter an; suburban line (Rail) → Vorortbahn f; suburban streetVorortstraße f; in suburban Londonin Londons Vorstädten; suburban sprawlVorstädte pl

suburban [səˈbɜːbn] adjsuburbano/a, periferico/a
suburban [səˈbɜːbn] adjsuburbano/a, periferico/a

suburban ساكن الضاحية předměstský forstads- vorstädtisch προαστιακός suburbano esikaupunki- banlieusard prigradski suburbano 郊外の 교외의 voorstedelijk forstads- podmiejski suburbano пригородный förortsaktig นอกเมือง banliyö thuộc ngoại ô 郊外的


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The cottage from the window of which the Misses Williams had looked out stands, and has stood for many a year, in that pleasant suburban district which lies between Norwood, Anerley, and Forest Hill.
The women whom he had come across in his battle upwards, barmaids and their fellows, fifth-rate actresses, occasionally the suburban wife of a prosperous City man, had impressed him only with a sort of coarse contempt.
Although thus supported by the knowledge of his new possession of considerable value, he was not proof against the familiar thoughts which the suburban streets and the damp shrubs growing in front gardens and the absurd names painted in white upon the gates of those gardens suggested to him.
 
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