suburbia

[suh-bur-bee-uh]

noun

1. suburbs collectively.

2. suburbanites collectively.

3. the social or cultural aspects of life in the suburbs.

suburbia

/ səˈbɜːbɪə /

noun

1. suburbs or the people living in them considered as an identifiable community or class in society

2. the life, customs, etc, of suburbanites

Word History and Origins

Origin of suburbia¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; suburb + -ia

Example Sentences

Together for 15 years, I had met Joe in suburbia at Bogies, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times

A Thomas Kinkade painting of 1950s-era white picket fence suburbia straight out of “Leave It to Beaver,” with the caption “Protect the Homeland.”

From Los Angeles Times

Over a dinner of “Mac’s Famous Mac and Cheese,” a gloopy, highlighter-yellow bowl of boxed pasta, they raise their forks in agreement: suburbia will be a breeze.

From Salon

“Escaping the mundane life of suburbia was really what influenced my childhood,” Nguyen says.

From Los Angeles Times

She structures her narrative chronologically, conveyed in present tense, newsreel-style, evoking the Pacific Northwest’s woodsy tang and bland suburbia.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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