exurb
/ˈɛɡˌzɝb/noun
exurb is a noun meaning “A residential area beyond the suburbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-X-U-R-B and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 74 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of exurb is exurbs.
What does exurb mean?
noun
- 1
A residential area beyond the suburbs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce exurb?
- UK /ˈɛɡˌzɜːb/
- UK /ˈɛkˌsɜːb/
- US /ˈɛɡˌzɝb/
Exurb has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of exurb
- exurbs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is exurb?
Exurb appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does exurb come from?
Blend of extra + urban.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).