Meaning

2 senses

  1. A person who lives in a suburb.

  2. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.

Examples

26 sentences

  1. Cars are indispensable to suburban life.

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  2. Sami quickly adapted to suburban life.

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  3. Cars are unavoidable for suburban life.

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  4. Yanni lived in a suburban area.

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  5. Ziri lives in a suburban area.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: suburbans
Singularsuburban
Pluralsuburbans

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Word family

2 related words
RelatedsuburbB2periphery

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
subtlyC1subtractB2subtractionsuburbB2subversivesubvert
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