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suburbia
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
suburbia
(noun)
suburbia
/sə
ˈ
bɚbijə/
noun
suburbia
/sə
ˈ
bɚbijə/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of SUBURBIA
[
noncount
]
:
suburbs in general
a problem that is common in
suburbia
the percentage of the country's population living in
suburbia
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people who live in suburbs
The film is an interesting critique of
suburbia
.
the values of
suburbia
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