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  1. suburbsnoun

    The populated area surrounding a city.

  2. Etymology: From sub + urbs

Wikipedia

  1. suburbs

    A suburb, more broadly suburban area, is an area within a metropolitan area that is primarily a residential area, though may also include commercial and mixed-use areas. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate political entity. The name describes an area which is not as densely populated as an inner city, yet more densely populated than a rural area in the countryside. In many metropolitan areas, suburbs exist as separate residential communities within commuting distance of a city (cf "bedroom suburb".) Suburbs can have their own political or legal jurisdiction, especially in the United States, but this is not always the case, especially in the United Kingdom, where most suburbs are located within the administrative boundaries of cities. In most English-speaking countries, suburban areas are defined in contrast to central or inner city areas, but in Australian English and South African English, suburb has become largely synonymous with what is called a "neighborhood" in other countries, and the term encompasses inner city areas.In some areas, such as India, China, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and parts of the United States, new suburbs are routinely annexed by adjacent cities due to urban sprawl. In others, such as Morocco, France, and much of the United States, many suburbs remain separate municipalities or are governed locally as part of a larger metropolitan area such as a county, district or borough. In the United States, regions beyond the suburbs are known as "exurban areas" or exurbs; exurbs have less population density than suburbs, but still more than rural areas. Suburbs and exurbs are linked to the nearby larger metropolitan area economically, particularly by commuters. Suburbs first emerged on a large scale in the 19th and 20th centuries as a result of improved rail and road transport, which led to an increase in commuting. In general, they are less densely populated than inner city neighborhoods within the same metropolitan area, and most residents routinely commute to city centers or business districts via private vehicles or public transits; however, there are many exceptions, including industrial suburbs, planned communities, and satellite cities. Suburbs tend to proliferate around cities that have an abundance of adjacent flat land.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suburbs in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suburbs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of suburbs in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Miller:

    The city is now doing what the suburbs did ahead of it, which is boom.

  2. David Kochel:

    There's no doubt, particularly in places where Iowa Republicans have struggled in the past few cycles in the suburbs, good women candidates have a high upside, iowa Republicans was a successful governor, Iowa Republicans has foreign policy experience and Iowa Republicans had a very successful run in the Trump administration -- all those things are to Iowa Republicans credit.

  3. Jonathan Miller:

    They all tell the same story, you're seeing this tremendous uptick in new signed contracts in the suburbs.

  4. Matt Mackowiak:

    The suburbs came out in full force, they appear to be very motivated to try and deliver a message to Trump.

  5. Tuwanna Dennis:

    It's so important because this is our land, our neighborhoods look like they look because there is no one there to teach them home preservation. If you go to the suburbs, there are subdivisions, there are homeownership associations that keep their areas together. And when we go through our neighborhoods, we see 20 houses on the block abandoned. The ones that are still there probably are close to being abandoned, just because they have no way of keeping the preservation of their homes up. So I think homeownership is key.

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