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subtopias

subtopias is the plural of subtopia.

Meaning of subtopia

Noun

subtopia (countable and uncountable, plural subtopias)

  1. (UK, derogatory) Sprawling suburbs, collectively.
    • In the 1890s and in the early years of the present century there was considerable building development in the area around Sanderstead, Warlingham and Oxted, where large villas were springing up. East Grinstead, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield were growing fast, as was that loosely knit...1960 November, H. P. White, “The evolution of train services on the Southern's Oxted line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 662

Questions about subtopias

What is subtopias the plural of?
Subtopias is the plural of subtopia.

Words near subtopias in the dictionary

  1. subtongues
  2. subtonic
  3. subtonics
  4. subtopia
  5. subtopian
  6. subtopias
  7. subtopic
  8. subtopical
  9. subtopics
  10. subtopologies
  11. subtopology

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