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Suburban

//səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.

    "Suburban villas, highway-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our growing ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / With all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, who gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who lives in a suburb.
  2. 2
    An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.

Etymology 2

From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.

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