suburb

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A mostly residential area on the edge of a city or large town.

   They moved out of the city to a quiet suburb.

2. 2
   noun

   Any district within a larger urban area.

   The festival is held in a leafy suburb of the capital.

From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”).

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