suburb: Meaning and Definition of

sub•urb

Pronunciation: (sub'ûrb), [key]
— n.
  1. a district lying immediately outside a city or town, esp. a smaller residential community.
  2. the area composed of such districts.
  3. an outlying part.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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