suburban
pronunciation
How to pronounce suburban in British English:
UK [səˈbɜːbən]
How to pronounce suburban in American English:
US [səˈbɜːrbən]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
Word Origin
- suburban (adj.)
- 1620s, from suburb + -an. Somewhat earlier were suburbian, suburbial (c. 1600). Latin had suburbanus "near the city" (of Rome), and in Church Latin suburbicarian was applied to the six diocese near Rome.
Example
- 1. Others are in suburban office parks inconveniently removed from everything .
- 2. Some suburban developments deserve to be remembered for a different reason .
- 3. The suburban railway and buses have followed the metro in providing women-only services .
- 4. Von braun joined a small group firing rockets from an abandoned ammunition dump in suburban berlin .
- 5. Suburban sprawl and the universal availability of food have made the car the new dining room .