Added 10 October 2026
suburbia
/səˈbɜːbi.ə/ noun
Latin root: suburbia Wiktionary
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- The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Origin
PIE word *upó From suburb + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns, the names of collections of things, etc.), perhaps modelled after Latin suburbia (“suburbs”), the plural of suburbium.
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