# suburban

Pronunciation: say "suh-BUR-buhn" US /səˈbɝbən/, UK /səˈbɜːbən/

## Adjective

1. Relating to or characteristic of the residential areas on the outskirts of a city.
   - Simple: Found in or relating to the towns and neighborhoods just outside a big city.
   - _The film captures the dull routines of suburban family life in the 1970s._
   - _Developers built rows of nearly identical suburban houses after the war._

## Noun

2. A person who makes their home in a suburb of a city.
   - Simple: Someone who lives in a town just outside a city.
   - _To her old friends in the city she had become a typical suburban, always talking about school districts and the commute._
   - _He remained a contented suburban, happy with his lawn and his neighbors._
3. An automobile that combines a station wagon body with a truck chassis.
   - Simple: A large car built like a station wagon but resting on a truck frame.
   - _The ranch hands piled into the dusty suburban before sunrise._
   - _Older suburbans were prized for hauling heavy loads over rough terrain._

## Origin

From Latin suburbanus, formed from the prefix sub- ("under") plus urbs ("city") and the adjective suffix -anus; equivalent to sub- + urban.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/suburban (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).