suburb

American  

[suhb-urb] / ˈsʌb ɜrb /

noun

1. a district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community.

2. the suburbs, the area composed of such districts.

3. an outlying part.

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suburb British  

/ ˈsʌbɜːb /

noun

1. a residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town

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Other Word Forms

• suburbed adjective
• unsuburbed adjective

Etymology

Origin of suburb

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin suburbium, from sub- sub- + urb(s) “city” + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

Machado has been in Europe since last month, when she made a dangerous escape from the Caracas suburb where she had been living in hiding for a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

For one thing, there’s money in Dahlonega, the smalltown Atlanta suburb where Anna grew up—and where, during the kind of rainstorm that dissolves evidence, a body is found on the hood of a car.

From The Wall Street Journal

All public bus services in Paris and the surrounding suburbs were also suspended because of icy roads, with almost half of the country's mainland on alert for heavy snow and black ice.

From Barron's

Situated in the western suburbs of Philadelphia this historic layout stages its second PGA in May.

From BBC

AT&T is planning to relocate its global headquarters from downtown Dallas to the nearby suburb of Plano, a move that would deal another powerful blow to the city’s reeling central business district.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• countryside
• environs
• hinterland
• outpost
• outskirts
• suburbia
• village