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suburb
sub·urb [ sú bùrb ] (plural sub·urbs)


noun 
Definition:
 
residential area bordering city: a district, especially a residential one, on the edge of a city or large town
[14th century. Directly or via French< Latin suburbium "near a city" < urbs "city"]
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