Small communities which surround and are dependent upon a city. It is formed from Latin "sub" meaning under, and "urbs" meaning city. The residents of the suburb generally go to the city to work, so industries in the suburbs are generally confined to retail and personal services (dentists, hairdressers, chiropractors, etc.)
Banlieue means suburbs. So en banlieue means the suburbs.
Metroplex or metropolis are two words that have been coined to mean a city and all of its surrounding area, even smaller cities and towns around a larger one.
The look and feel of the suburbs.
In Italian, it means the outskirts or suburbs.
suburbs or outskirts
locale, outskirts, suburbs, environs
Suburbs
Gentrification
It is a female yuppie, usually from the suburbs; a "soccer mom."
Suburbs, Cobwebs, Hobnobs.
Northern suburbs, Southern suburbs, Western suburbs, Eastern suburbs.
The stem "urb" is derived from the Latin word "urbs," which means city. It is commonly seen in English words relating to cities or urban areas, such as urban, suburbs, and urbane.