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suburbia

Syllables: sub·urb·ia/səˈbɜːbi.ə/US/səˈbɝbi.ə/

suburbia noun: 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.

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Noun

suburbia (countable and uncountable, plural suburbias)

  1. 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.
    • The Germanic nations, in their invasions of Italy, introduced the appellation [borgo] into that country, where it was generally applied to the houses and streets built outside the gates of a walled town, corresponding to the Roman suburbia.1836, “BO′RGO”, in [George Long], editor, The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volumes V (Blois–Buffalo), London: Charles Knight, […], →OCLC, page 184, column 2
    • The suburban establishments became more numerous, and in some instances the policy of following the central houses in the selection of entertainment was abandoned for that of enterprise, with the result that several plays originally produced in the outlying districts were deemed good enough for...1899, “DRAMA, THE, 98”, in W. Palmer, editor, Hazell’s Annual for 1899: A Cyclopædic Record of Men and Topics of the Day, Revised to November 22nd, 1898, London: Hazell, Watson, & Viney, […]; Hodder...

suburbia meaning in Tamil

suburbia in Tamil

லண்டன் சுற்றுவாரம், லண்டன் நகரச் சுற்றுப்புற வட்டகைகளும், அவற்றில் வாழ்பவர்களும் அடங்கியதொகுதி

Examples of suburbia in a sentence

  • Others with young families prefer their children to live by the sea, rather than in suburbia, even if as a result one or both parents have to travel many miles to their work.1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN...
  • Well, if it is because of increased affluence of people able to seek suburbia doesn't the economic factor become one of the principal reasons for the suburbia growing as it does?1971 August 26, “District Court Proceedings of August 26, 1971”, in In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1972: The...
  • Outside a new day is dawning / Outside suburbia is sprawling everywhere1981 January 26, Marty Wilde, Ricky Wilde, “Kids in America”, performed by Kim Wilde:
  • Let's take a ride and run with the dogs tonight / In suburbia / You can't hide, run with the dogs tonight / In suburbia1986 March 24, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, “Suburbia”, in Please, performed by the Pet Shop Boys:

All 12 example sentences with suburbia

Synonyms of suburbia

Forms of suburbia

pluralsuburbias

Origin of suburbia

PIE word *upó From suburb + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns, the names of collections of things, etc.), perhaps modelled after Latin suburbia (“suburbs”), the plural of suburbium.

Words formed from suburbia

Questions about suburbia

What does suburbia mean?
Suburbia means 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.
What is suburbia in Tamil?
Suburbia in Tamil is லண்டன் சுற்றுவாரம், லண்டன் நகரச் சுற்றுப்புற வட்டகைகளும், அவற்றில் வாழ்பவர்களும் அடங்கியதொகுதி. See Suburbia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use suburbia in a sentence?
Others with young families prefer their children to live by the sea, rather than in suburbia, even if as a result one or both parents have to travel many miles to their work.
What part of speech is suburbia?
Suburbia is a noun.
How do you pronounce suburbia?
Suburbia is pronounced /səˈbɜːbi.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of suburbia?
The plural of suburbia is suburbias.

Words near suburbia in the dictionary

  1. suburbanizing
  2. suburbanly
  3. suburbanness
  4. suburbans
  5. suburbed
  6. suburbia
  7. suburbial
  8. suburbian
  9. suburbians
  10. suburbias
  11. suburbicarian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suburbia (page history and authors); Suburbia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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