suburban
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suburban
- /səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bən
Where it comes from
From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.
adjective more suburban · most suburban
- Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs. a new electoral district embracing both suburban and urban areas
Opposite: nonsuburban
noun suburbans
- A person who lives in a suburb.
- An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: urban, rural, peripheral, outlying, suv, break, escalade, bland, exurban, peri-urban, commuter, residential, bourgeois, suburbanized, middle-class, outskirts
adjective
Opposite: nonsuburban
Translations
Every language
adj relating to outskirts of a city
| Español | suburbano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 교외의 gyooe'ui |
| 日本語 | 郊外の kōgai no |
| 中文 | 郊區的 /郊区的 jiāoqū de, 市郊的 shìjiāo de |
| Português | suburbano |
| Français | suburbain, banlieusard |
| Deutsch | vorstädtisch, Vorort- |
| Italiano | suburbano |
| Ελληνικά | προαστιακός proastiakós |
| Română | suburban |
| Русский | при́городный prígorodnyj, за́городный zágorodnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | ngoại ô |
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