American History: A Survey 10/e   Alan Brinkley
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1. suburb: A residential area adjacent to, and dependent on, a city. In some cases, suburbs are absorbed into the city as it grows; in other instances, suburbs form their own municipal governments or draw services from county goverments.

2. urban: Unless otherwise specified, a Census Bureau term referring to any city or town with a population exceeding 2,500. The term must be used with care because this definition includes many places normally thought of as small towns. The "urban" developments described in this chapter occur mostly in big cities with populations exceeding 100,000.

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