suburbia

American  

[suh-bur-bee-uh] / səˈbɜr bi ə /

noun

1. suburbs collectively.

2. suburbanites collectively.

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

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suburbia British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of suburbia

First recorded in 1895–1900; suburb + -ia

Example Sentences

The other highlight of her vacation was a concrete box here in suburbia, surrounded by the same gray asphalt she sees at home.

From The Wall Street Journal

His television and film work often examined the secrets, sometimes disturbing, of suburbia and small-town America.

From The Wall Street Journal

Postwar America responded to the instability of the Depression and the war by building a world that promised stability—suburbia.

From The Wall Street Journal

We were in suburbia, with plenty of open green spaces, woods and creeks.

From The Wall Street Journal

A long and inevitable clash came when suburbia closed in around the 1,000-acre Inglewood Oil Field, as occurred at oil facilities all over the region.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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