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exurbs

[ek-serb, eg-zerb]

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noun

a small, usually prosperous, community situated beyond the suburbs of a city.

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; ex-¹ + (sub)urb

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exurb

1955, Amer.Eng., from L. ex- + urb "city," on model of suburb. The outer, prosperous ring of the suburbs. Related: Exurbanite.

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