suburbia

CEFRB2

/səˈbɜːbi.ə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The suburban areas around a city.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.

Examples

  • Many families prefer the quiet life of modern suburbia.

  • Suburbia is a term used to describe the suburbs of a city.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The family moved from the city to a quiet house in suburbia.

  • The Germanic nations, in their invasions of Italy, introduced the appellation [borgo] into that country, where it was generally applied to the houses and streets built outside the gates of a walled town, corresponding to the Roman suburbia.

  • Outside a new day is dawning / Outside suburbia is sprawling everywhere

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.