suburb

The definition of a suburb is an area of homes outside of a city.

(noun)

An example of a suburb is a series of gated communities outside of a large city.

See suburb in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

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

See suburb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English suburbe

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin suburbium

Origin: : sub-, sub-

Origin: + urbs, urb-, city

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