suburbia
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4.2
- noun
- /səˈbɜːrbiə/
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los suburbios
- Many families choose to settle in suburbia for its quieter lifestyle and spacious homes.
Look, I always said, like I grew up in suburbia.
- Look, I always said, like I grew up in suburbia.
- And I went from that to sort of semi suburbia in the space of, you know, a week or so.
- And my mother, she just, they just wanted to live in suburbia and raise a family and not be poor because that's what they knew.
Examples
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Before us, nestled in the rolling hills, is a postcard slice of suburbia.
Fiction book (1996) -
The highways and gigantic arterials that thread through modern suburbia make walking and cycling unsafe.
Blog text (22) -
You have cities, you have suburbia, and then you have rural.
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And so the the way to kick start the economy was let's build suburbia and give everybody brand new fresh homes.
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We're in the middle of the suburbia.
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We'll get married and live in suburbia.
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Many of us grew up in suburbia and were highly motivated to achieve.
Academic text (1999) -
In suburbia, former city residents found clean air, verdant fields, and most importantly, clean water.
Academic text (2010) -
Its location is smack dab in the middle of suburbia.
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The golf course is the staple of suburbia, from the green lawns to the miniature cars.
Blog text (10)
Synonyms
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2.7
An area just outside a city with many houses where people live
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1.0
Areas outside a city center where people live
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8.6
A place outside a city where many people live, with houses and parks
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5.8
A person who lives in a suburb and often commutes to the city for work
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2.7
A residential area near a city with family homes and quieter streets
A small town near a city where people live quietly
Antonyms
How Rural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suburbia comes from sub- ('near' or 'under') and urb- from Latin urbs ('city'), the same root as in urban. So suburbia means the areas just outside a city, the residential neighborhoods and their environment.