Dictionary

suburb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌbɜːb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈsʌbɝb/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”).

Meanings

1. A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.
   • I’m not surprised that Rudd seizes on my accent – his parents were British Jews from Edgware and Surbiton, and while Rudd was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in the US, he was often in Britain as a kid to visit relatives in London’s less glamorous suburbs and Basingstoke. 2015 July 9, Hadley Freeman, “Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas”, in The Guardian:
   • At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes. 2007 June 24, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015, Asia Pacific:
   • [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages:
   • And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab by Iordane, neere Iericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in: and yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for the cities round about them. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 35:1–2:
   • Canton is by no means the only great city in the province. Fo-chan, a kind of suburb to it, about twelve miles distant, has been represented as almost as large. 1843, “Geographical Description of the Chinese Provinces.”, in An Historical and Descriptive Account of China, 3rd edition, volume III, →OCLC, page 37:
   • These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no symptoms of approaching the suburbs of a large city. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
2. (broadly) The outer part; the environment.
   • the suburbs […] of sorrow 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
   • the suburb of their straw-built citadel 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
3. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

Forms

Coordinates

exurb

Deriveds

burb · ecoburb · bedroom suburb · boomburb · suburbian · suburbed · Garden Suburb · suburbial · slumburb · snoburbs · suburbia · zoomburb · suburban · suburblike · subtopia

Translations (159)

tr bölge (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · he פַּרוָר (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · hu kertváros (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · sv förort (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ga bruachbhaile (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ru райо́н (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · pt freguesia (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · th ชานเมือง (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · de Vorort (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tr kenar mahalle (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · mi paenoho (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tg атрофи шаҳр (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tg ҳавма (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · hu városrész (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · af voorstad (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · sq rrethinë (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ko 지구 (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ja 郊外 (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · km សង្កាត់ (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · pl okręg (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · vi ngoại ô (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ca suburbi (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ko 교외 (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · sh прѐдгра̄ђе (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tg ҳаволӣ (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · crh şeer civarı (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · nn bydel (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · pl suburbium (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ar حَيّ (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ga fo-bhaile (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · mi moka (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · eo antaŭurbo (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · km ក្រុងក្រៅ (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · el προάστιο (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ko 시외 (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ru о́круг (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ja 区 (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · sh prèdgrāđe (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fa-ira اَطْرافِ شَهْر (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · eo kvartalo (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · tr varoş (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fa-ira حَوالی (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ko 근교 (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · lv piepilsēta (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fi kaupunginosa (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · tl naik (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · de Bezirk (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · tg ҳавмаи шаҳр (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · et eeslinn (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · la suburbium (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · be пры́гарад (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · da bydel (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · sl predmestje (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · nn forstad (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · lt priemiestis (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fr arrondissement (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · bg предгра́дие (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · mn хотын зах (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · mk на́селба (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ang underburg (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fa-ira حُوْمِهٔ شَهْر (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · km ក្រៅក្រុង (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ca rodalies (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · be прадме́сце (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · gl burgo (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tr banliyö (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fi esikaupunki (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fa-ira حُوْمِه (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · grc ἄμφοδον (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · nb bydel (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ja 地区 (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ja 近郊 (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · yi פֿאָרשטאָט (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · et agul (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · bn উপনগর (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ga barda cathrach (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · nl district (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · bo ཉེ་སྐོར་གྲོང་ཚོ (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · lv priekšpilsēta (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · pl przedmieście (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · be прадме́сьце (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · nb forstad (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · pl dzielnica (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · prs حَوْمَه (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · es barrio (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · fr banlieue (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · bo མཐའ་སྐོར་གྲོང་ཚོ (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · de Stadtbezirk (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ar ضَاحِيَة (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · hy արվարձան (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · cmn 近郊 (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · sv förstad (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · pt periferia (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ky шаар айланасы (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · es extrarradio (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · uk передмі́стя (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · prs حَوْمَهٔ شَهْر (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · de Stadtteil (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · sk predmestie (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · is úthverfi (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · hu külváros (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ka გარეუბანში (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · da forstad (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · vi phường (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · es suburbio (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ro suburbie (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · yi בײַשטאָט (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · uz shahar atrofi (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fi esikaupunkialue (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · vi ngoại thành (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · sv orten (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · km ខាង (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · grc προάστιον (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · cmn 郊區 /郊区 (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tr semt (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ka გარეუბანი (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · nl voorstad (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · es arrabal (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · my ဆင်ခြေဖုံး (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · nl buitenwijk (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · pt subúrbio (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · az kənar məhəllə (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · hi उपनगर (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · he פַּרבָּר (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · sw kiunga (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ga barda (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · tg беруни шаҳр (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tg атроф (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · kk қала айнала (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · cmn 區 /区 (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · vi vùng ven đô (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · bn শহরতলি (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · io preurbo (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · de Vorstadt (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · mk предгра́дие (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tl kanugnog (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · nl stadsdeel (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · ru при́город (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fr faubourg (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · mk рео́н (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · tr yörekent (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · tr mahalle (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · fa-ira اَطْراف (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · hu kerület (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · lo ນອກເມືອງ (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · uz atrof (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · fi lähiö (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · it sobborgo (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · gl barrio (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ru предме́стье (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · lo ຊານເມືອງ (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · cmn 郊外 (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · cs předměstí (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · uk при́город (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · io suburbo (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ur مُضافات (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · ko 구 (Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation) · es afueras (area on the periphery of a city or large town) · et äärelinn (area on the periphery of a city or large town)