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    SUBURBAN AREA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A residential district located on the outskirts of a cityplay

    Synonyms:

    suburb; suburban area; suburbia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("suburban area" is a kind of...):

    community; residential area; residential district (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suburban area"):

    addition (a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area)

    bedroom community (a community where many commuters live)

    faubourg (a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city)

    stockbroker belt (a wealthy residential suburb)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Wimbledon (a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts)

    Clichy; Clichy-la-Garenne (a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century)

    Orly (a southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris)

    Sun City (a residential suburb of Phoenix)

    Holonyms ("suburban area" is a part of...):

    fringe; outskirt (a part of the city far removed from the center)

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