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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·urb ETYMOLOGY ex- + suburb DATE 1955 : a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families English Etymology exurb 1955, Amer.Eng., from L. ex- + urb "city," on model of suburb.The outer, prosperous ring of the suburbs. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·urb \ˈekˌsərb, ˈegˌzərb\ noun (-s) Etymology: ex- (I) (out of) + -urb (as in suburb) : a region or district outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs that is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families < the exurb is generally further from New York than the suburb on the same railway line — A.C.Spectorsky > < the city, the suburbs, and the exurbs — H.S.Commager > |
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