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SUBURBIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("suburbia" is a kind of...):
subculture (a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A residential district located on the outskirts of a city
Synonyms:
suburb; suburban area; suburbia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("suburbia" is a kind of...):
community; residential area; residential district (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suburbia"):
addition (a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area)
bedroom community (a community where many commuters live)
faubourg (a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city)
stockbroker belt (a wealthy residential suburb)
Instance hyponyms:
Wimbledon (a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts)
Clichy; Clichy-la-Garenne (a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century)
Orly (a southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris)
Sun City (a residential suburb of Phoenix)
Holonyms ("suburbia" is a part of...):
fringe; outskirt (a part of the city far removed from the center)
Derivation:
suburban (relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs)
