suburb

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

   And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab by Iordane, neere Iericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in: and yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for the cities round about them.

2. 2
   noun

   The outer part; the environment.

   the suburbs […] of sorrow

3. 3
   noun

   a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

4. 4
   noun

   Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

Etymology

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