Suburb Definition

sŭbûrb
suburbs
noun
suburbs
A usually residential district or separately incorporated city or town, on or near the outskirts of a larger city.
Webster's New World
The usually residential region around a major city; the environs.
American Heritage
A region made up of such districts.
Webster's New World

The area on the periphery of a city or large town.

Wiktionary
(by extension) The outer part; the environment.
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Origin of Suburb

  • Middle English suburbe from Old French from Latin suburbium sub- sub- urbs urb- city

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium, from sub- + urbs (“city").

    From Wiktionary

Suburb Sentence Examples

  • There is a suburb on the right bank of the stream.

  • To the north lies the populous suburb of St Mary Church.

  • Of these, the most important and most imposing is that of Kazemain, in the northern suburb of the western city.

  • The priory church, now the parish church of the suburb of Monkton, contains monuments of the families of Meyrick of Bush and Owen of Orielton.

  • On the main promontory, with Valletta, stands the suburb Floriana; Fort St Elmo, with a lighthouse, stands on the extremity of the promontory; the suburb Sliema lies on the point which encloses the Marsamuschetto harbour; Fort Ricasoli on the opposite point enclosing the east, Grand, or Great Harbour.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUB

Words Ending With

BRBURB

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suburb

Words Starting With S and Ending With B

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With B