suburbia

Signification (Anglais)

The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.

Concepts

banlieue

faubourg

zone suburbaine

Banlieue

Synonymes

suburb

suburban area

housing estate

outskirts

residential district

sprawl

addition

outlying district

district

Traductions

borgo

subúrbio

Vorstadt

Vorort

suburbio

periferia

προάστια

προάστιο

borgata

sobborgo

voorstad

buitenwijk

banlèga

periferia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/səˈbɜː.bɪ.ə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

PIE word
*upó
From suburb + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns, the names of collections of things, etc.)