Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethnoburb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eth-noburb
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A suburban residential and business area with a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Immigrant elders leave a familiar home, some without electricity or running water, for a multigenerational home in communities like Fremont that demographers call ethnoburbs."

Etymology

From ethno- + burb, coined in 1997 by Dr. Wei Li.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ethno

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

ethnoburbs (plural)

Questions

What does ethnoburb mean?: A suburban residential and business area with a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population.
Where does ethnoburb come from?: From ethno- + burb, coined in 1997 by Dr. Wei Li.

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