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ex⋅urb

  [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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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

exurb 
1955, Amer.Eng., from L. ex- + urb "city," on model of suburb. The outer, prosperous ring of the suburbs.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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