Definition of Suburban area

1. Noun. A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.

Exact synonyms: Suburb, Suburbia
Generic synonyms: Community, Residential Area, Residential District
Specialized synonyms: Addition, Bedroom Community, Faubourg, Stockbroker Belt
Group relationships: Fringe, Outskirt
Specialized synonyms: Wimbledon, Clichy, Clichy-la-garenne, Orly, Sun City
Derivative terms: Suburban

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suburban Area

subulate
subuliform
subumbonal
subumbonate
subumbrella
subumbrellas
subungal
subungual
subungulate
subungulates
subunit
subunitary
subunits
suburb
suburban
suburban area (current term)
suburbanise
suburbanised
suburbanises
suburbanising
suburbanite
suburbanites
suburbanization
suburbanize
suburbanized
suburbanizes
suburbanizing
suburbans
suburbed
suburbia

Literary usage of Suburban area

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Utilities Reports by Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols, Public Utilities Reports, inc (1920)
"age of the suburban riders, inasmuch as a very large percentage of riders originating in the suburban area are terminated within the single fare area. ..."

2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1919)
"It is quite apparent that a large proportion of this Provincial highway will be considered as a suburban area upon which the Province will pay only 40 per ..."

3. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"Rural area (open country) D 1 Urban area (city or town) D 2 suburban area (town just outside of a large city) D 3 DB-18. On this most recent occasion when ..."

4. Reports of the Commission Appointed by the Admiralty, the War Office, and by Royal Society of London (1905)
"In like manner in the suburban area the average number of cases per month in ... Urban area 100 to 56 suburban area 100 „ 63 Rural area 100 „ 66 This is not ..."

5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"The Prince of Lu had heard [through other channels]" of the enemies' invasion of the suburban area [of the Sung capital], and was on the point of sending ..."

6. Crime in the United States (1999): Uniform Crime Reports by Barry Leonard (2001)
"64-67 All suburban area law enforcement agencies submitting complete reports for ... The 1999 suburban area arrest trends represent percentage differences ..."

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