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sub·ur·bi·a

(sə-bûr′bē-ə)

1. The suburbs.

a. Suburbanites considered as a group.

b. Suburbanites considered as a cultural class.

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suburbia

(səˈbɜːbɪə)

1. (Human Geography) suburbs or the people living in them considered as an identifiable community or class in society

2. (Sociology) suburbs or the people living in them considered as an identifiable community or class in society

3. (Sociology) the life, customs, etc, of suburbanites

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sub•ur•bi•a

(səˈbɜr bi ə)

n.

1. suburbs or suburbanites collectively.

2. the social or cultural aspects of life in suburbs.

[1895–1900]

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Noun	1.	suburbia - a residential district located on the outskirts of a city suburb, suburban area residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences addition - a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area bedroom community - a community where many commuters live faubourg - a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city; "in Faubourg Sainte-Marie" stockbroker belt - a wealthy residential suburb outskirt, fringe - a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
	2.	suburbia - suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture subculture - a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs

Translations

ضَواحي المَدينَه، سُكّان الضَّواحي

okrajové čtvrti

forstadsområder

Vorstadt

külvárosok és elõvárosok

úthverfin

borgo periferia

forstedene utkanten av byen

banliyö

都市郊区

suburbia

[səˈbɜː^rbiə] n → la banlieue

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

suburbia

n (usu pej) → die Vororte pl; to live in suburbia → am Stadtrand wohnen; that’s typical of suburbia! → typisch Spießbürger!

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

suburbia

[səˈbɜːbɪə] n → periferia, sobborghi mpl

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

suburb

(ˈsabəːb) noun

(often in plural) an area of houses on the outskirts of a city, town etc. Edgbaston is a suburb of Birmingham; They decided to move out to the suburbs.

suˈburban adjective

of suburbs. suburban housing.

suˈburbia (-biə) noun

the suburbs.

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