banlieue
noun
ban·lieue
variants
or less commonly banlieu
bäⁿlyœ
plural banlieues also banlieux
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: the outlying residential area of a city : environs
—often used in plural
trainload after trainload of young men and women from the banlieue was disgorged into the capital—
Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohmfrom the location of all these puppet theaters in the banlieues of town it is evident that they were the resorts … of common people—Paul McPharlin
Paul McPharlinDictionary Entries Near banlieue
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“Banlieue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banlieue. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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