All burbs synonyms
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B b 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.
- village — The, 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.
- purlieu — purlieus, 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