HOW TO PRONOUNCE
suburb
/ˈsʌbɝb/
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What does suburb mean?
noun
- A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.
- The outer part; the environment.
- Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
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IPA pronunciation
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We had to cross a vast plain, called el Salado, which divides the suburb of the Guayquerias from the sea-coast.
We had struck a suburb of London, outside the walls, and this was a sample of one sort of London society.
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We came to the house of the wounded butcher, which was some way out of the town in the north-western suburb.
In a suburb, Malania opened her door, and he crept under her warm coverlet, made of small pieces of different colours stitched together.
The Dornes, or scavengers, feeders on offal, have to live apart in a tolah, which might be called a small suburb, by themselves.