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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 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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Indeed planning appeal cases clearly indicate that inspectors are not sympathetic to uncharacteristic alterations and the addition of suburbanising features.
 
 
 
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