Definition of Suburb. Meaning of Suburb. Synonyms of Suburb

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Definition of Suburb

Suburb
Suburb Sub"urb, n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See Urban.] 1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. ``In the suburbs of a town.' --Chaucer. [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. --Hallam. 2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. ``The suburbs . . . of sorrow.' --Jer. Taylor. The suburb of their straw-built citadel. --Milton. Suburb roister, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] --Milton.

Meaning of Suburb from wikipedia

- A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large...
- Trachonas (Turkish: Kızılay or Kızılbaş; Gr****: Τράχωνας) is a northern suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus...
- Anfield is a suburb of Liverpool, England, in the Liverpool City Council ward of Anfield. Historically in Lancashire, it is part of the Liverpool Walton...
- An inner suburb is a suburban community central to a large city, or at the inner city and central business district.[clarification needed] The urban density...
- A streetcar suburb is a residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation...
- The Garden Suburb is the name given to a collection of ministerial positions created by the British Prime Minister David Lloyd George in December 1916...
- The suburb of Esperance is the central business district of the town of Esperance, in the Shire of Esperance, Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia...
- Hampstead Garden Suburb is a suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green. It is known for its intellectual, liberal...
- (Canada and northeastern US),[citation needed] "bedroom town", "bedroom suburb" (US), "dormitory town" (UK). The term "exurb" was used from the 1950s,...
- Greenwell Matongo is a quarter in the suburb Goreangab in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia. This residential area is known for its many shebeens and...