surrounding suburbs

collocation in English

meaningsofsurroundingandsuburb

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surrounding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/us
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/
that is everywhere ...
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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 ofsurroundingandsuburbfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The house was a distinctive landmark and gave its name to thesurroundingsuburb.
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Surrounding suburbs were destroyed, and roughly 3,000 people lost their homes.
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Many think that this adds to the charm of the suburb which has curiously escaped the development that its surrounding suburbs have experienced.
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These buses connect the city with the surrounding suburbs.
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There is a big market here, which is quite popular among people of surrounding suburbs.
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Concurrently, state government agencies began leasing office space in the surrounding suburbs.
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The residents rely on the surrounding suburbs for all their commercial needs.
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The government functions relocated to the surrounding suburbs, leaving the former capital to deteriorate into a slum.
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There is an underground bus station which provides a direct connection by bus services to surrounding suburbs.
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This primarily took place in the inner city, but surrounding suburbs were often affected as well.
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The area was settled, like the surrounding suburbs, primarily by farmers, mostly growing fruit such as citrus, bananas and mangoes.
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The arson primarily took place in the inner city, but surrounding suburbs were often affected as well.
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Buses should be in place as an intermediary for fast inner city train networks and for passengers to access surrounding suburbs not suitable for trains.
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By the early 3rd century sub-stations ("excubitoria"), which held forty to fifty men, were constructed to accommodate the expanding city and the surrounding suburbs.
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With its surrounding suburbs included it had a population of 30,455 at the 2001 census.
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The majority of highschool-aged students attend schools in surrounding suburbs.
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Bolgatanga and its surrounding suburbs also comprise the largest producers of leather works, straw baskets and smocks.
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The workshops had a whistle that signalled the start of the workday, which could heard in the city and surrounding suburbs.
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The impact was heard throughout the surrounding suburbs and scars in the ground can still be seen today.
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The city's surrounding suburbs offered little financial support.
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