Definition of 'suburbia'
uncountable noun
Journalists often use suburbia to refer to the suburbs of cities and large towns considered as a whole.
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suburbia in British English
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suburbia in American English
noun
the suburbs or suburbanites collectively
usually used to connote the values, attitudes, and activities regarded as characteristic
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suburbia in American English
(səˈbɜːrbiə)
noun
1.
suburbs collectively
2.
suburbanites collectively
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NOUN /səˈbɜːbɪə/
Journalists often use suburbia to refer to the suburbs of cities and large towns considered as a whole.
...summer mornings in leafy suburbia.
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