suburbia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
  2. noun suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture

Etymology

PIE word *upó From suburb + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns, the names of collections of things, etc.), perhaps modelled after Latin suburbia (“suburbs”), the plural of suburbium.

In classic literature

Synonyms

suburb, suburban area

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