exurb
pronunciation
How to pronounce exurb in British English:
UK ['eksɜ:b]
How to pronounce exurb in American English:
US ['eksɜb]
Word Origin
- exurb (n.)
- "the outer, prosperous ring of the suburbs," 1955, American English, from exurban (adj.), by 1838 (it seems to have arisen in the writings of the reform movement opposed to urban cemeteries), from ex- + urban, on model of suburban. Related: Exurbanite; exurbia.
Example
- 1. Shanghai exurb accelerates development countermeasure research .
- 2. The resources exploitation mode in the exurb spa is taking true spa as its core and the center city as its tourism source , activating its sightseeing resource , utilizing all kinds of marketing power and building spa city .
- 3. When the democrats took back congress at the 2006 mid-terms , they increased their vote everywhere from centre to exurb ; but the movement was most pronounced in the outermost communities .