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sub·urb
(sŭb′ûrb′)n.
1. A usually residential area or community outlying a city.
2. suburbs The usually residential region around a major city; the environs.
[Middle English suburbe, from Old French, from Latin suburbium : sub-, sub- + urbs, urb-, city; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
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suburb
(ˈsʌbɜːb)n
(Human Geography) a residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town
[C14: from Latin suburbium, from sub- close to + urbs a city]
ˈsuburbed adj
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sub•urb
(ˈsʌb ɜrb)n.
1. a district lying immediately outside a city or town, esp. a smaller residential community.
2. the suburbs, the area composed of such districts.
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Noun | 1. | suburb - a residential district located on the outskirts of a city residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences addition - a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area bedroom community - a community where many commuters live faubourg - a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city; "in Faubourg Sainte-Marie" stockbroker belt - a wealthy residential suburb |
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suburb
noun residential area, neighbourhood, outskirts, precincts, suburbia, environs, purlieus, dormitory area (Brit.), faubourgs a suburb of Manchester
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suburb
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Translations
ضَاحِيَةضاحِيَه
předměstí
forstad
esikaupunki
predgrađe
úthverfi
近郊郊外
교외
priemiesčiai
priekšpilsēta
predmestje
förort
ชานเมือง
ngoại ô
suburb
[ˈsʌbɜːb] N1. (affluent) a London suburb → una zona residencial de las afueras de Londres
I live in the suburbs → vivo en una zona residencial de las afueras (de la ciudad)
new suburb → barrio m nuevo, ensanche m
I live in the suburbs → vivo en una zona residencial de las afueras (de la ciudad)
new suburb → barrio m nuevo, ensanche m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
suburb
[ˈsʌbɜːrb] n → banlieue fa suburb of Paris → une banlieue de Paris
the suburbs → la banlieue
They live in the suburbs → Ils habitent en banlieue.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
suburb
(ˈsabəːb) noun (often in plural) an area of houses on the outskirts of a city, town etc. Edgbaston is a suburb of Birmingham; They decided to move out to the suburbs.
suˈburban adjective of suburbs. suburban housing.
suˈburbia (-biə) noun the suburbs.
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suburb
→ ضَاحِيَة předměstí forstad Vorort προάστιο barrio residencial esikaupunki banlieue predgrađe sobborgo 郊外 교외 voorstad forstad przedmieście subúrbio пригород förort ชานเมือง banliyö ngoại ô 郊区Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009