A suburbof a city or large town is a smaller area which is part of the city or large town butis outside its centre.
Anna was born in 1923 in Ardwick, a suburb of Manchester. [+ of]
...the north London suburbs of Harrow, Barnet and Enfield.
2. plural noun [oft in theN]
If you live in thesuburbs, you live in an area of houses outside the centre of a large town or city.
His family lived in the suburbs.
...Bombay's suburbs.
More Synonyms of suburb
suburb in British English
(ˈsʌbɜːb)
noun
a residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town
Derived forms
suburbed (ˈsuburbed)
adjective
Word origin
C14: from Latin suburbium, from sub- close to + urbs a city
suburb in American English
(ˈsʌbərb)
noun
1.
a district, esp. a residential district, on or near the outskirts of a city and oftena separately incorporated city or town
2. [pl.]
a region made up of such districts
, with the
Word origin
ME < L suburbium < sub-, under, near + urbs (gen. urbis), town
Examples of 'suburb' in a sentence
suburb
Walk through any suburb of any town or city and it is visible.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Whole suburbs are plunged into darkness because there is not enough electricity generation capacity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The leafy suburbs and rural areas also have their fill of young people using drugs.
Cohen, Julian & Kay, James Taking Drugs Seriously (1994)
They are far more likely to be the shopping centre or the suburb where the target lives.
The Sun (2014)
Look from a train as you speed through the suburbs and towns.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
More people move from inner cities to suburbs and rural areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In fact the largest growth of ethnic minority groups is in the suburbs and towns.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And when does a suburb become a town?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The serious split is between cities and their affluent suburbs versus the outer towns and much of the countryside.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You'll notice the first when you want to do anything other than drive through leafy suburbs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Location We are in a leafy suburb with a short train ride to the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Obviously costly cars like the Mercedes will be found in city centres or wealthier suburbs?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The industrial suburb four miles north of Liverpool is one of the most deprived parts of the country.
The Sun (2012)
More than 200 armed officers swooped on homes in the western suburbs of the city around dawn yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Coming in from our affluent suburb, it was a rare mass exposure to people who lived in the city proper.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In many instances this is because there is strong demand for cheaper properties from local buyers priced out of the more affluent suburbs and city centre.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He also deduced that she had lived in London's northern suburbs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
All around the city 's eastern suburbs, reinforcements are being brought in.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The final stretch passes through leafy inner suburbs then through Ealing Common.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And those families, nascent or mature, tend to live in leafy suburbs.
Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
She rented a house in a suburb north of Mombasa and detectives think she rented a flat in Nairobi.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
For families on a tighter budget, or those looking for a quieter life, the best options are suburbs north and east of the city centre.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
suburb
British English: suburb /ˈsʌbɜːb/ NOUN
The suburbs of a city are the areas on the edge of it where people live.
She was born in the suburbs.
American English: suburb
Arabic: ضَاحِيَة
Brazilian Portuguese: subúrbio
Chinese: 郊区
Croatian: predgrađe
Czech: předměstí
Danish: forstad
Dutch: voorstad
European Spanish: barrio residencial
Finnish: esikaupunki
French: banlieue
German: Vorort
Greek: προάστιο
Italian: sobborgo
Japanese: 郊外
Korean: 교외
Norwegian: forstad
Polish: przedmieście
European Portuguese: subúrbio
Romanian: suburbie
Russian: пригород
Latin American Spanish: barrio residencial
Swedish: förort
Thai: ชานเมือง
Turkish: banliyö
Ukrainian: околиці
Vietnamese: ngoại ô
Chinese translation of 'suburb'
suburb
(ˈsʌbəːb)
n(c)
郊区(區) (jiāoqū) (个(個), gè)
Derived Forms
the suburbsn pl郊区(區) (jiāoqū)
(noun)
Definition
a residential district on the outskirts of a city or town
a suburb of Manchester
Synonyms
residential area
neighbourhood
the loss of woodlands in the neighbourhood of large towns
outskirts
precincts
suburbia
environs
purlieus
dormitory area (British)
faubourgs
Additional synonyms
in the sense of neighbourhood
Definition
the immediate environment
the loss of woodlands in the neighbourhood of large towns