Both Uses of
suburban
in
The Idiot
- Among our suburban resorts there are some which enjoy a specially high reputation for respectability and fashion; but the most careful individual is not absolutely exempt from the danger of a tile falling suddenly upon his head from his neighbour's roof.†
Chpt 3.2 *
- Half an hour after this conversation, she went off to town, and thence to the Kammenny Ostrof, ["Stone Island," a suburb and park of St. Petersburg] to see Princess Bielokonski, who had just arrived from Moscow on a short visit.†
Chpt 4.5
Definition:
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(suburban) relating to a residential area located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded