Meanings
nounethnoburb (plural ethnoburbs)
plural ethnoburbs
- USA suburban residential and business area with a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population.
Immigrant elders leave a familiar home, some without electricity or running water, for a multigenerational home in communities like Fremont that demographers call ethnoburbs.
2009 August 31, Patricia Leigh Brown, “Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ‘Nobody to Talk To’”, in New York Times
Origin
From ethno- + burb, coined in 1997 by Dr. Wei Li.
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ethnoburb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnoburb
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“ethnoburb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnoburb. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethnoburb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnoburb.
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