banlieu, as if from French lieu, a place." />

Banlieue

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Sometimes erroneously spelled banlieu, as if from French lieu, a place.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing
    • Word Usage
    "Where’s your evidence? the tenth arrondissement, like the banlieue, is a particularly immigrant heavy part of the city,"
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.