Suburb — Une suburb est le nom donné aux États Unis pour décrire les banlieues périphériques relativement récentes des villes, composées de pavillons individuels entourés de jardins. Ces suburbs sont généralement très grandes et éloignées du centre, une… … Wikipédia en Français
Suburb — Sub urb, n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See {Urban}.] 1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suburb — UK US /ˈsʌbɜːb/ noun [C] ► an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live: »The publishing company relocated out of central London to the suburbs. »She opened a new location in the Dallas suburb… … Financial and business terms
suburb — [n] neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city bedroom community*, burb*, country, countryside, environs, fringe, hamlet, hinterland, outlying area, outpost, outskirts, precinct, purlieu, residential area, slub, suburbia, village;… … New thesaurus
suburb — ► NOUN ▪ an outlying residential district of a city. DERIVATIVES suburban adjective suburbanite noun suburbanize (also suburbanise) verb. ORIGIN from Latin sub near to + urbs city … English terms dictionary
suburb — [sub′ərb] n. [ME < L suburbium < sub , under, near + urbs (gen. urbis), town] 1. a district, esp. a residential district, on or near the outskirts of a city and often a separately incorporated city or town 2. [pl.] a region made up of such… … English World dictionary
Suburb — Suburbs are commonly defined as residential areas on the outskirts of a city or large town. Most suburbs in the U.S. are commuter towns with a prevalence of detached [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=uULJlcYkJ1oC Land Development Calculations]… … Wikipedia
suburb — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ outer, outlying ▪ inner, inner ring (AmE) ▪ northern, southern, etc. ▪ su … Collocations dictionary
suburb — sub|urb [ˈsʌbə:b US ə:rb] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: suburbium, from urbs city ] an area where people live which is away from the centre of a town or city ▪ a London suburb suburb of ▪ a suburb of Los Angeles ▪ a kid from the suburbs in … Dictionary of contemporary English
suburb */ — UK [ˈsʌbɜː(r)b] / US [ˈsʌˌbɜrb] noun [countable] Word forms suburb : singular suburb plural suburbs an area or town near a large city but away from its centre, where there are many houses, especially for middle class people suburb of: Wanstead is … English dictionary
