different between periphery vs suburban

English

Etymology

From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (periphéreia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”), from ????????? (peripher?s, “moving around, round, circular”), from ???????? (periphér?, “I carry around, move around”), from ???? (perí, “around, about, near”) (English peri-) + ???? (phér?, “I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????f??i/
• Hyphenation US: pe?riph?ery; UK: per?iph?ery

Noun

periphery (plural peripheries)

1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

   The suburbs are a city's periphery.

2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

Antonyms

• center

Related terms

• peripherad
• peripheral

Translations

Further reading

• periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• periphery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??b??(?)b?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?n

Adjective

suburban (comparative more suburban, superlative most suburban)

1. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city.
   • 1779, William Cowper, Retirement

     Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, […] delight the citizen.

Antonyms

• nonsuburban

Translations

Noun

suburban (plural suburbans)

1. A person who lives in a suburb.
2. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.

Related terms

• suburb
• periphery
• environs

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.bur?ban/

Etymology

From Latin suburbanus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su.bur?ban/

Adjective

suburban m or n (feminine singular suburban?, masculine plural suburbani, feminine and neuter plural suburbane)

1. suburban

Related terms

• suburbie