Faubourg

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A district lying outside the original city limits of a French-speaking city or a city with a French heritage, such as New Orleans. See Regional Note at beignet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A suburb, especially a part of a French city immediately beyond its walls; also, in many cases, a quarter formerly so situated, but now within the limits of a city: as, the Faubourg St. Germain, Faubourg St. Antoine, etc., of Paris.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city
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    suburbia    suburb    suburban area   
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