suburb

noun3

1. •
   A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

   • [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. — 1818
2. •
   (UK, Australia) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
3. •
   The outer part; the environment.

   • the suburb of their straw-built citadel — 1667