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Word: Suburb
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French suburbe or Latin suburbium, from sub- ‘near to’ + urbs, urb- ‘city’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsʌbəːb
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one
Short Definition:outlying district of city
Examples:- a highly respectable suburb of Chicago
- a working-class suburb
- life is much better in the suburbs
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