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exurbs - 2 dictionary results

ex⋅urb

[ek-serb, eg-zerb]
–noun
a small, usually prosperous, community situated beyond the suburbs of a city.

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; ex- 1 + (sub)urb
ex·urb   (ěk'sûrb')   
n.  A region lying beyond the suburbs of a city, especially one inhabited principally by wealthy people.

[ex- + (sub)urb.]
ex·ur'ban adj., ex·ur'ban·ite' n.
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