Suburb

Origin

From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium, from sub- + urbs ("city").

Full definition of suburb

Noun

1. The area on the periphery of a city or large town.
• HallamLondon could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous.
2. (by extension) The outer part; the environment.
• Jeremy Taylorthe suburbs ... of sorrow
• Miltonthe suburb of their straw-built citadel
3. (AU, NZ) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

Derived terms

• suburbia
• suburbian
• suburban
• burb