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 has a higher or lower po****tion density and sometimes less detached...
- 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...
- 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...
- 121°27′58″E / 30.749°S 121.466°E / -30.749; 121.466 Kalgoorlie is the central suburb of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder metropolitan area in the Goldfields–Esperance...
- An industrial suburb is a community, near a large city, with an industrial economy. These communities may be established as tax havens or as places where...
- 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...
- [update] The name and boundary of a locality (commonly referred to as a suburb in the metropolitan region[according to whom?]) is determined under the...
- Hampstead Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green. It is known for its intellectual...
- Bunbury is a suburb of the Western Australian city of Bunbury, and includes the city's central business district (CBD). The CBD is located primarily on...
- Perth is a suburb in the Perth metropolitan region, Western Australia that includes both the central business district of the city, and a suburban area...