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Meaning of "exurbia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXURBIA

From ex-1 + Latin urbs city, on pattern of suburbia.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXURBIA

exurbia  [ɛksˈɜːbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXURBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Exurbia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXURBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

exurbia

Commuter town

A commuter town, also known as an exurb, bedroom community, a dormitory town or dormitory suburb, or less commonly a dormitory village, suggests that residents sleep in these neighborhoods, but normally work elsewhere; they also suggest that these communities have little commercial or industrial activity beyond a small amount of retail, oriented toward serving the residents.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXURBIA


conurbia
kənˈɜːbɪə
erbia
ˈɜːbɪə
euphorbia
juːˈfɔːbɪə
herbier
ˈhɜːbɪə
hypercarbia
ˌhaɪpəˈkɑːbɪə
Nubia
ˈnjuːbɪə
Picabia
pɪˈkɑːbɪə
Serbia
ˈsɜːbɪə
suburbia
səˈbɜːbɪə
terbia
ˈtɜːbɪə
urbia
ˈɜːbɪə
ytterbia
ɪˈtɜːbɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXURBIA

exudation
exudative
exude
exul
exulcerate
exulceration
exult
exultance
exultancy
exultant
exultantly
exultation
exultingly
exurb
exurban
exurbanite
exuviae
exuvial
exuviate
exuviation

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXURBIA

Abia
British Columbia
cambia
Colombia
Columbia
cumbia
District of Columbia
Gambia
homophobia
hydrophobia
labia
Libia
Namibia
phobia
Rabia
Robbia
Saudi Arabia
The Gambia
tibia
Zambia

Synonyms and antonyms of exurbia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «exurbia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXURBIA

Find out the translation of exurbia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of exurbia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «exurbia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

exurbia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exurbia
570 millions of speakers

English

exurbia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

exurbia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

exurbia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

exurbia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exurbia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

exurbia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

exurbia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Exurbia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

exurbia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

準郊外地域
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

exurbia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Exurbia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

exurbia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

exurbia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक्स्टर्बिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şehir dışındaki zengin siteleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

exurbia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

exurbia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

exurbia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exurbia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

exurbia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Exurbia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

exurbia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

exurbia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exurbia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXURBIA»

The term «exurbia» is normally little used and occupies the 149.162 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXURBIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «exurbia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «exurbia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about exurbia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXURBIA»

Discover the use of exurbia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exurbia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Exurbia
Exurbia tells the story of these three lost souls, and of the intersection and ultimately violent collision of their lives.
Molly McGrann, 2008
2
Landscape and the Ideology of Nature in Exurbia: Green Sprawl
This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl.
Kirsten Valentine Cadieux, Laura Taylor, 2013
3
Exurbia
"Gage Wallace's day seemingly couldn't get any worse.
Scott Allie, 2009
4
Productive and Amenity Relationships with 'nature' in ...
"Lifestyle" residential development in urban fringes often projects urban images of rurality onto landscapes in limbo between productive uses and suburbanization.
Kirsten Valentine Cadieux, 2006
5
The City: The city in global context
Each view demands different planning policy responses, but which view best explains exurbia? To assist in determining whether exurbia is like suburbia or is something else, this article investigates three questions. They are: • What types of  ...
Michael Pacione, 2002
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LIFE
A. POINT. ABOUT. MARGARET. SUBTOPIA,. EXURBIA,. UTOPIA. Much more here than meets the taste! The hot one's ... The new ones are "Subtopia" and " Exurbia," the old one, "Utopia" — which hasn't been bruited much since H. G. Wells ...
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The Planner’s Guide to Natural Resource Conservation:: The ...
Chapter. 11. Storm. Water. Management. in. Exurbia. Evan Canfield and Richard H. Hawkins Abstract In urban and suburban settings, storm water management and design is a well-developed and widely practiced profession, but the situation  ...
Adrian X. Esparza, Guy McPherson, 2009
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New York Magazine
The concept of Exurbia has been built on four cornerstones: Exclusion: zoning that mandates large, single-family homes on spacious grounds. Education: public -school systems of recognized superiority that propel the children of Exurbia on to  ...
9
I Have a Lady in the Balcony: Memoirs of a Broadcaster in ...
The migration from the city to exurbia was a very hot topic of conversation at the time. I assume it was from the numerous articles, statistics, etc. that were constantly being written about in all types of publications. Exurbia is by definition "a ...
George Ansbro, 2000
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The Fifties: The Way We Really Were
I did not grow up in suburbia but rather in what A. C. Spectorsky termed "exurbia" — a rural ring at the farthest reaches of commuter trains or cars. I had the advantages of a colonial home that really was built in 1760 and a "large estate lot " that ...
Douglas T. Miller, Marion Nowak, 1977

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXURBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exurbia is used in the context of the following news items.
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States Take Larger Role in Passenger Rail
As the proposed Rockford, IL-Chicago passenger line is a service linking exurbia to Chicago, Illinois should consider utilizing Chicago's ... «Governing, Jun 15»
2
This one tastes bland, too: Sweetlife and the decline of the American …
... Americans need to hear — even if it's Saturday night and those Americans are the predominantly white, possibly wasted teens of exurbia. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
3
Jacques Audiard's Dheepan: Cannes Review
... the streets trying to sell flashing bunny ears to outdoor diners, he ends up getting a job as a caretaker in a public-housing block far in exurbia. «Vanity Fair, May 15»
4
Returning to the exurbs: Rural counties are fastest growing
Dawson is one of the fastest-growing counties in Georgia and reflects a demographic shift in the nation: a return to exurbia. New census data ... «Anderson Independent Mail, Apr 15»
5
The Far Suburbs Are Enjoying A Renaissance
Dawson is one of the fastest growing counties in Georgia and reflects a demographic shift in the nation: a return to exurbia. New census data ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
6
Counterbalance: Uncle Tupelo's 'No Depression'
The country sounds they make here are never especially jaunty or bouncy — they somehow serve to underscore the bleakness of exurbia ... «PopMatters, Apr 15»
7
A hellish sock puppet petrifies in 'Hand to God'
Everyone in "Hand to God" seems to exist on the brink, which is not an unfamiliar scenario in exurbia, where recession lingers long. The crises ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
8
Peter De Vries, midcentury comic novelist, is rediscovered
... of Connecticut: “'It's a good external picture of exurbia as such,' a man said, 'but there isn't a single character in it who's three dimensional. «Sacramento Bee, Apr 15»
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The Tories' new design guide backs tiny, unliveable, backward …
Still, when you're stranded in industrial exurbia with no services in sight, at least you'll be able to take comfort in your mansard roof; and the ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
10
'H is for Hawk': in the slipstream of grief
There's not a line here that rings false; every insight is hard won; though Macdonald seldom ventures far from the edge of plump British exurbia, ... «The Seattle Times, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Exurbia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/exurbia>. May 2024 ».
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