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suburb definition

sub·urb (sub′ərb)

noun

  1. a district, esp. a residential district, on or near the outskirts of a city and often a separately incorporated city or town
  2. a region made up of such districts: with the

Etymology: ME < L suburbium < sub-, under, near + urbs (gen. urbis), town

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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