suburbia

Noun
  1. is a type of: community, residential area, residential district - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
    subtypes:
    • 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
    specific instances:
    • 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
    is a part of: fringe, outskirt - a part of the city far removed from the center
    same as: suburb, suburban area
  2. is a type of: subculture - a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs

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