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slumburb

slumburb noun: a poor municipality on the outskirts of a city, often the result of gentrification driving the urban poor to move far from the city center.

Noun

slumburb (plural slumburbs)

  1. A poor municipality on the outskirts of a city, often the result of gentrification driving the urban poor to move far from the city center.
    • And in New Jersey today, there is still no official word on the shooting that occurred in South Orange, a slumburb of Essex.1995, J. R. Dunn, This Side of Judgment, →ISBN
    • There is a likelihood that there will be an explosion of "slumburbs," as cities will be unable to provide basic services, much less information-related services.2000, Patrick J. DeSouza, Economic Strategy and National Security: A Next Generation Approach

Forms of slumburb

pluralslumburbs

Origin of slumburb

Blend of slum + suburb.

Questions about slumburb

What does slumburb mean?
Slumburb means a poor municipality on the outskirts of a city, often the result of gentrification driving the urban poor to move far from the city center.
What part of speech is slumburb?
Slumburb is a noun.
What is the plural of slumburb?
The plural of slumburb is slumburbs.

Words near slumburb in the dictionary

  1. slumbring
  2. slumbrous
  3. slumbrously
  4. slumbrousness
  5. slumbry
  6. slumburb
  7. slumburbs
  8. slumdog
  9. slumdogs
  10. slumdom
  11. slumdoms

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