SUBURB

suburb, suburbia, suburban area

(noun) a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

suburb (plural suburbs)

A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

Coordinate term: exurb

(by extension) The outer part; the environment.

(AU, NZ) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

Source: Wiktionary

Sub"urb, n. Etym: [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See Urban.]

1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. "In the suburbs of a town." Chaucer. [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. Hallam.

2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. "The suburbs . . . of sorrow." Jer. Taylor. The suburb of their straw-built citadel. Milton. Suburb roister, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition