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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 th…

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.
  3. n. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
  4. n:100 n. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city