exurb

Definitions


[ˈɛksəːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a prosperous area beyond a city's suburbs
(e.g: the exurbs of New York City)


Phrases:

Origin:
1955: coined by A. C. Spectorsky (1919–72), American author, either from Latin ex ‘out of’ + urbs ‘city’, or as a back-formation from the earlier adjective exurban




definition by Oxford Dictionaries