Suburb Definition

sŭbûrb
suburbs
noun
suburbs
A usually residential district or separately incorporated city or town, on or near the outskirts of a larger city.
Webster's New World
The usually residential region around a major city; the environs.
American Heritage
A region made up of such districts.
Webster's New World

The area on the periphery of a city or large town.

Wiktionary
(by extension) The outer part; the environment.
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Origin of Suburb

  • Middle English suburbe from Old French from Latin suburbium sub- sub- urbs urb- city

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium, from sub- + urbs (“city").

    From Wiktionary

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