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S: (n) residential district, residential area, community (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences)

S: (n) planned community (a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents)

S: (n) retirement community, retirement complex (a planned community for residents who have retired from an active working life)

S: (n) uptown (a residential part of town away from the central commercial district)
S: (n) suburb, suburbia, suburban area (a residential district located on the outskirts of a city)

S: (n) addition (a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area)
S: (n) bedroom community (a community where many commuters live)
S: (n) faubourg (a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city) "in Faubourg Sainte-Marie"
S: (n) stockbroker belt (a wealthy residential suburb)
S: (n) Wimbledon (a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts)
S: (n) Clichy, Clichy-la-Garenne (a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century)
S: (n) Orly (a southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris)
S: (n) Sun City (a residential suburb of Phoenix)

S: (n) exurbia (a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia)
S: (n) tenement district (a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses)
S: (n) warren, rabbit warren (an overcrowded residential area)
S: (n) Georgetown (a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.)
S: (n) Greenwich Village, Village (a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century)