suburbia

[ suh-bur-bee-uh ]
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noun
  1. suburbs collectively.

  2. suburbanites collectively.

  1. the social or cultural aspects of life in the suburbs.

Origin of suburbia

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; suburb + -ia

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British Dictionary definitions for suburbia

suburbia

/ (səˈbɜːbɪə) /


noun
  1. suburbs or the people living in them considered as an identifiable community or class in society

  2. the life, customs, etc, of suburbanites

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