southern suburbs

collocation in English

meaningsofsouthernandsuburb

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southern
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌð.ən/us
/ˈsʌð.ɚn/
in or from the south part of ...
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suburb
noun
uk
/ˈsʌb.ɜːb/us
/ˈsʌb.ɝːb/
an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city ...
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(Definition ofsouthernandsuburbfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Norrkping has an 18.7 km tram network consisting of two radial lines, extended 5 kilometres to asouthernsuburbin 2006-2011.
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In the southern suburbs, inhabitants store water in containers as running water is lacking.
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Some troops were deployed in the southern suburbs.
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Around 800,000 commuters pass through the inner city every day, and it functions as a regional shopping node for visitors from the southern suburbs.
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The southern suburbs tend to be either solely industrial or solely residential, with most residents in the residential areas being long-term residents in well-established communities.
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It is a mixed electorate, including the growing surf coast area, the southern suburbs of as well as rural areas to the west.
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It is located in the far southern suburbs of the city.
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As the trolley travels it also serves as a means of transportation for the southern suburbs.
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It is a busy commuter route to the southern suburbs.
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The other system, in the southern suburbs, was the more extensive of the two systems.
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In 2002, the school moved from the downtown to the southern suburbs, where there would be far less commuting time for most students.
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I-894 extends from the western suburbs to the southern suburbs, bypassing downtown.
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South of the walls a new urban area rapidly grew up along with the southern suburbs.
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A larger network of lines was proposed for the western, eastern and southern suburbs (see map) however most of these lines remained concepts only and have never been constructed.
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Miranda has a mixture of low, medium and high density residential and is known as a commercial centre for the southern suburbs.
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A larger network of lines was proposed for the western, eastern and southern suburbs however most of these lines remained concepts only and have never been constructed.
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The group's proud ethnicity maintained a high profile here for decades and it was not until the 1950s and 1960s that the families began to disperse to the southern suburbs.
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The group's proud ethnicity maintained a high profile here for decades and it was not until the 1950s and 60s that the families began to disperse to the southern suburbs.
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