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- Latin · derived fromsuburbanus
- English todaysuburban
From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
suburban
Today it means: Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs. Full definition →
Latin suburbanus