penturbia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Small towns that lie beyond city suburbs, viewed collectively.

Word forms

penturbia

Etymology

From pent- + suburbia, coined by Jack Lessinger in 1987 to refer to the fifth American migration.

Derived words

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