exurban
/ɛɡˈzɝ.bən/adjective, noun
exurban is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, or residing in an exurb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-X-U-R-B-A-N and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does exurban mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or residing in an exurb.
noun
- 1
A person who lives in an exurb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce exurban?
- UK /ɛɡˈzɜː.bən/
- UK /ɛkˈsɜː.bən/
- US /ɛɡˈzɝ.bən/
Exurban has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of exurban
- ex-urban
- exurbans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is exurban?
Exurban appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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).