suburb

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• General-American: /ˈsʌbɝb/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbɜːb/
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH1 B ER0 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”).

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: voorstad — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Albanian: rrethinë — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Arabic: ضَاحِيَة (ḍāḥiya) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Armenian: արվարձան (arvarjan) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Azerbaijani: kənar məhəllə — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Belarusian: пры́гарад (prýharad) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Belarusian: прадме́сце (pradmjéscje) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Belarusian: прадме́сьце (pradmjésʹcje) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Bengali: উপনগর (uponogor) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Bengali: শহরতলি (śohortoli) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Bulgarian: предгра́дие (predgrádie) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Burmese: ဆင်ခြေဖုံး (hcanghkrehpum:) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Catalan: suburbi — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Catalan: rodalies — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Chinese Mandarin: 近郊 (jìnjiāo) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Chinese Mandarin: 郊外 (jiāowài) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Chinese Mandarin: 郊區 /郊区 (jiāoqū) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Crimean Tatar: şeer civarı — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Czech: předměstí — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Danish: forstad — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Dutch: voorstad — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Dutch: buitenwijk — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Esperanto: antaŭurbo — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Estonian: eeslinn — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Estonian: äärelinn — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Estonian: agul — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Finnish: esikaupunkialue — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Finnish: esikaupunki — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Finnish: lähiö — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• French: banlieue — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• French: faubourg — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Galician: barrio — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Galician: burgo — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Georgian: გარეუბანში (gareubanši) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Georgian: გარეუბანი (gareubani) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• German: Vorstadt — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• German: Vorort — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Greek: προάστιο (proástio) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Ancient Greek: προάστιον (proástion) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Hebrew: פַּרבָּר (parbar) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Hebrew: פַּרוָר (parvár) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Hindi: उपनगर (upangar) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Hungarian: külváros — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Hungarian: kertváros — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Icelandic: úthverfi — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Ido: suburbo — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Ido: preurbo — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Irish: fo-bhaile — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Irish: bruachbhaile — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Italian: sobborgo — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Japanese: 近郊 (kinkō) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Japanese: 郊外 (kōgai) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Kazakh: қала айнала (qala ainala) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Khmer: ក្រុងក្រៅ (krong kraw) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Khmer: ក្រៅក្រុង (kraw krong) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Korean: 근교 (geun'gyo) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Korean: 교외 (gyooe) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Kyrgyz: шаар айланасы (şaar aylanası) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Lao: ຊານເມືອງ (sān mư̄ang) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Lao: ນອກເມືອງ (nǭk mư̄ang) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Latin: suburbium — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Latvian: priekšpilsēta — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Latvian: piepilsēta — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Lithuanian: priemiestis — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Macedonian: предгра́дие (predgrádie) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Māori: moka — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Māori: paenoho — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Mongolian: хотын зах (xotyn zax) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Norwegian Bokmål: forstad — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forstad — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Old English: underburg — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Dari: حَوْمَهٔ شَهْر (hawma-yi šahr) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Dari: حَوْمَه (hawma) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Iranian Persian: حُوْمِهٔ شَهْر (howme-ye šahr) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Iranian Persian: حُوْمِه (howme) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Iranian Persian: حَوالی (havâli) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Iranian Persian: اَطْراف (atrâf) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Iranian Persian: اَطْرافِ شَهْر (atrâf-e šahr) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Polish: przedmieście — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Polish: suburbium — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Portuguese: periferia — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Portuguese: subúrbio — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Romanian: suburbie — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Russian: при́город (prígorod) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Russian: предме́стье (predméstʹje) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐдгра̄ђе — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Serbo-Croatian: prèdgrāđe — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Slovak: predmestie — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Slovene: predmestje — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Spanish: afueras — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Spanish: arrabal — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Spanish: suburbio — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Spanish: extrarradio — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Swahili: kiunga — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Swedish: förort — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Swedish: förstad — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Swedish: orten — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tagalog: naik — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tagalog: kanugnog — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tajik: атрофи шаҳр (atrof-i šahr) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tajik: атроф (atrof) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tajik: беруни шаҳр (berun-i šahr) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tajik: ҳавма (havma) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tajik: ҳавмаи шаҳр (havma-yi šahr) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tajik: ҳаволӣ (havoli) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Thai: ชานเมือง (chaan-mʉʉang) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tibetan: ཉེ་སྐོར་གྲོང་ཚོ (nye skor grong tsho) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Tibetan: མཐའ་སྐོར་གྲོང་ཚོ (mtha' skor grong tsho) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Turkish: varoş — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Turkish: kenar mahalle — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Turkish: banliyö — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Turkish: yörekent — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Ukrainian: передмі́стя (peredmístja) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Ukrainian: при́город (prýhorod) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Urdu: مُضافات (muzāfāt) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Uzbek: shahar atrofi — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Uzbek: atrof — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Vietnamese: vùng ven đô — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Vietnamese: ngoại thành — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Vietnamese: ngoại ô — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Yiddish: פֿאָרשטאָט (forshtot) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Yiddish: בײַשטאָט (bayshtot) — area on the periphery of a city or large town
• Arabic: حَيّ (ḥayy) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Chinese Mandarin: 區 /区 (qū) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Danish: bydel — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Dutch: stadsdeel — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Dutch: district — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Esperanto: kvartalo — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Finnish: kaupunginosa — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• French: arrondissement — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• German: Stadtteil — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• German: Bezirk — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• German: Stadtbezirk — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Ancient Greek: ἄμφοδον (ámphodon) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Hungarian: kerület — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Hungarian: városrész — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Irish: barda — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Irish: barda cathrach — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Japanese: 地区 (chiku) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Japanese: 区 (ku) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Khmer: ខាង (khaang) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Khmer: សង្កាត់ (sɑɑsɑngkat) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Korean: 구 (gu) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Korean: 지구 (jigu) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Korean: 시외 (sioe) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Macedonian: на́селба (náselba) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Macedonian: рео́н (reón) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Norwegian Bokmål: bydel — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bydel — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Polish: okręg — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Polish: dzielnica — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Portuguese: freguesia — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Russian: о́круг (ókrug) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Russian: райо́н (rajón) — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Spanish: barrio — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Turkish: mahalle — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Turkish: semt — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Turkish: bölge — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation
• Vietnamese: phường — Australian, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English: any subdivision of a conurbation