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SUB'URBS, n. L. suburbium sub and urbs, a city.

1. A building without the walls of a city, but near them or more generally, the parts that lie without the walls, but in the vicinity of a city. The word may signify buildings, streets or territory. We say, a house stands in the suburbs a garden is situated in the suburbs of London or Paris.
2. The confines the out part.

The suburb of their straw-built citadel.

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Entry for 'Suburbs'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​s/suburbs.html.
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