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suburb
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sub·urb  (sbûrb)
n.
1. A usually residential area or community outlying a city.
2. suburbs The usually residential region around a major city; the environs.

[Middle English suburbe, from Old French, from Latin suburbium : sub-, sub- + urbs, urb-, city.]

suburb [ˈsʌbɜːb]
n
(Social Science / Human Geography) a residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town
[from Latin suburbium, from sub- close to + urbs a city]
suburbed  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.suburbsuburb - a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
addition - a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
bedroom community - a community where many commuters live
faubourg - a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city; "in Faubourg Sainte-Marie"
stockbroker belt - a wealthy residential suburb
outskirt, fringe - a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"

suburb
noun residential area, neighbourhood, outskirts, precincts, suburbia, environs, purlieus, dormitory area (Brit.), faubourgs a suburb of Manchester
Translations
suburb [ˈsʌbɜːb] N
1. (affluent) a London suburbuna zona residencial de las afueras de Londres
I live in the suburbsvivo en una zona residencial de las afueras(de la ciudad)
new suburbbarrio m nuevo, ensanche m
2. (poor) → suburbio m
one of the city's poorer suburbsuno de los suburbios más pobres de la ciudad

suburb [ˈsʌbɜːrb] nbanlieue f
a suburb of Paris → une banlieue de Paris
the suburbs → la banlieue
They live in the suburbs → Ils habitent en banlieue.

suburb
nVorort m; in the suburbsam Stadtrand

suburb [ˈsʌbɜːb] nsobborgo
to live in the suburbs → vivere in periferia
suburb [ˈsʌbɜːb] nsobborgo
to live in the suburbs → vivere in periferia

suburb
n suburb [ˈsabəːb]
(often in plural) an area of houses on the outskirts of a city, town etc Edgbaston is a suburb of Birmingham; They decided to move out to the suburbs. voorstad ضاحِيَه предградие předměstí forstad der Vorort προάστιο afueras äärelinn, agul حومه esikaupunki banlieue פַּרווָר उपनगर, परिनगर predgrađe, okolica külváros pinggiran kota úthverfi sobborgo, periferia 郊外 교외, 근교 priemiestis, pakraštys priekšpilsēta pinggiran kota buitenwijk forstad, drabantby przedmieście subúrbio suburbie пригород predmestie predmestje predgrađe förort ชานเมือง banliyö 郊區 передмістя, околиця نواح شہر ngoại ô, ngoại thành
adj suˈburban
of suburbs suburban housing. voorstedelik ضاحَوي пт/за/на предградията předměstský forstads- Vorstadt-... που ανήκει στα προάστια de las afueras, de cercanías äärelinna- حومه اي esikaupunki- de banlieue פַּרווָרִי उपनगरीय, परिनागर, रूढ़िग्रस्त, संकीर्ण iz predgrađa külvárosi pinggiran kota úthverfa- suburbano, periferico 郊外の 교외의 priemiesčio priekšpilsētas- pinggiran kota van de buitenwijken forstads-, drabantby- podmiejski suburbano periferic пригородный predmestský predmesten prigradski förorts- นอกเมือง banliyöye ait 郊外的 приміський مضافاتی مکان thuộc ngoại ô
n suˈburbia [-biə]
the suburbs. voorstede ضَواحي المَدينَه، سُكّان الضَّواحي околности okrajové čtvrti forstadsområder die Vorstadt προάστια las afueras agulid حومه نشيني esikaupungit la banlieue הַפַּרווָרִים नगर, परिसर, उपनगरीय व्यक्तियों का तौर तरीका prigradsko naselje obiteljskih kuća külvárosok és elővárosok pinggiran kota úthverfin (sobborghi residenziali) 郊外地域 교외(거주자) priemiesčiai priekšpilsēta kawasan pinggiran kota buitenwijken forstedene, utkanten av byen przedmieście, peryferie os subúrbios periferie пригороды predmestie predmestje predgrađe förorterna, förortsborna เขตชานเมือง banliyö 都市郊區 передмістя, околиця نواحستان khu ngoại ô, dân ngoại ô

suburb ضاحية předměstí forstad Vorort προάστιο barrio residencial esikaupunki banlieue predgrađe sobborgo 郊外 교외 voorstad forstad przedmieście subúrbio пригород förort ชานเมือง banliyö ngoại ô 郊区


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