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SUBURB

\sˈʌbɜːb], \sˈʌbɜːb], \s_ˈʌ_b_ɜː_b]\

Definitions of SUBURB

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Suburban.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Suburban.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

An outlying district of a city or town.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Region on the outskirts of a city.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. [Latin] The region on the confines of any city or large town including buildings, streets, or territory ;-hence, the confines ; the out part.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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