suburbianoun [ U ]
uk/səˈbɜː.bi.ə/us/səˈbɝː.bi.ə/mainly disapprovingthe outer parts of a town, where there are houses, but no large shops, places of work, or places of entertainment:
They live in a two-bedroomed house in the heart of suburbia.
the way of life of people who live in the outer parts of a town:
He has written a book about middle-class suburbia.
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- the outskirts
- the wrong/other side of the tracks idiom
- town
- trading estate
- warren
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