suburban

From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”).

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən

suburban (comparative more suburban, superlative most suburban)

1. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city.
   • Cowper

     Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, […] delight the citizen.

• nonsuburban

suburban (plural suburbans)

1. A person who lives in a suburb.
2. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.

• suburb
• periphery
• environs

• IPA^(key): /su.burˈban/

From Latin suburbanus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsu.burˈban/

suburban m or n (feminine singular suburbană, masculine plural suburbani, feminine and neuter plural suburbane)

1. suburban