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All burbs synonyms

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noun burbs

  • hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
  • outskirts — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
  • countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
  • villageThe, a city in central Oklahoma.
  • outpost — a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack: We keep only a small garrison of men at our desert outposts.
  • suburbia — suburbs collectively.
  • country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
  • fringe — a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
  • hamlet — (italics) a tragedy (first printed 1603) by Shakespeare.
  • purlieupurlieus, environs or neighborhood.
  • precinct — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
  • slub — to extend (slivers of fiber) and twist slightly in carding.
  • bedroom community — An urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily.
  • burb — a suburb
  • silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
  • bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
  • subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
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