satellite town

English

Noun

satellite town (plural satellite towns)

A self-contained town, as opposed to a mere suburb, on the periphery of a metropolitan area.
Slough and Staines are just two of London's satellite towns.

Related terms

satellite city

Translations

self-contained town near a metropolis

Chinese:
Mandarin: 衛星都市／卫星都市 (zh) (wèixīng dūshì)
Danish: satellitby (da) c, drabantby c, planetby c
Finnish: satelliittikaupunki
French: ville satellite f
German: Satellitenstadt f
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: drabantby m

Nynorsk: drabantby m
Portuguese: cidade satélite f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: drabantstad (sv) c, satellitstad (sv) c

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