The meaning of Suburbs

Suburbs – definition

noun
An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
Usage examples:
A highly respectable suburb of chicago
Synonims:
Outlying district Residential area Dormitory area/town Commuter belt Conurbation Suburbia Fringes Outskirts Purlieus Garden suburb Bedroom area Boomburb Faubourg Banlieue Barrio Exurb

Suburbs translation into English

Suburbs: translate from English into Chinese

郊区, 城郊, 近郊, 四郊, 郛

Suburbs: translate from English into Dutch

Buitenwijken

Suburbs: translate from English into French

Banlieue

Suburbs: translate from English into German

Vororte

Suburbs: translate from English into Hindi

उपनगरों

Suburbs: translate from English into Italian

Periferia

Suburbs: translate from English into Korean

교외

Suburbs: translate from English into Russian

Пригород, Окрестности

Suburbs: translate from English into Spanish

Afueras

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French suburbe or Latin suburbium, from sub- ‘near to’ + urbs, urb- ‘city’.

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Suburbs – similar words

suburb

noun
An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
Usage examples:
A highly respectable suburb of chicago

noun
An area outside a city but near it and consisting mainly of homes, sometimes also having stores and small businesses
Usage examples:
[ pl ] most of the people who live in the suburbs work in the city., he grew up in a wealthy suburb…

noun
An area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live
Usage examples:
The publishing company relocated out of central london to the suburbs., she opened a new location i…

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Suburbs synonims

banlieue

noun
A suburb of a french city, especially paris.
Usage examples:
Outside the window of my train stands the voiceless france of the banlieue.

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barrio

noun
A district of a town in spain and spanish-speaking countries.
Usage examples:
This project continued for seven years in two barrios in the district of aguablanca in cali.

noun
In the us, a part of a city where mainly spanish-speaking people live

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conurbation

noun
An extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of a central city.
Usage examples:
The major conurbations of london and birmingham

noun
A large area including several different cities or large towns that have all grown so much that they are now connected to each other
Usage examples:
The largest urban conurbation in scotland is centred around glasgow.

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exurb

noun
A prosperous area beyond a city's suburbs.
Usage examples:
The exurbs of new york city

noun
A region beyond the suburbs (= areas built around cities), which is not highly developed and where rich people often live
Usage examples:
An exurban community

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faubourg

noun
A suburb, especially one in paris.
Usage examples:
The faubourg saint-germain

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fringes

noun
The border or outer edges of an area or group.
Usage examples:
The southern fringes of the city

verb
Short for fringe benefit.
Usage examples:
We offer the highest salary and fringes in the country

adjective
Not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme.
Usage examples:
Fringe theatre

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outskirts

ˈaʊt.skɜːts

plural noun
The outer parts of a town or city.
Usage examples:
He built a new factory on the outskirts of birmingham

plural noun
(of cities and towns) the areas that form the edge
Usage examples:
The outskirts of town

noun
The areas that form the edge of a town or city
Usage examples:
The factory is in/on the outskirts of new delhi.

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purlieus

noun
The area near or surrounding a place.
Usage examples:
The photogenic purlieus of cambridge

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suburbia

noun
The suburbs or their inhabitants viewed collectively.
Usage examples:
The sprawl of suburbia into the surrounding countryside

noun
The suburbs of a city, or suburbs in general

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