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 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
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
Word History
Etymology
French banlieue, from Old French, from ban summoning of the king's vassals, tribute, ban + lieue league, from Late Latin leuca