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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city |
| Synonyms: | bedroom community, burb, country, countryside, environs, fringe, hamlet, hinterland, outlying area, outpost, outskirts, precinct, purlieu, residential area, slub, suburbia, village |
| Antonyms: | center, metropolis |
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