banlieue


ban·lieue

B5064250 (bäN-lyœ′)n. pl. ban·lieus (-lyœz′, -lyœ′) A suburb of a French city, especially an economically depressed suburb with a large immigrant population.
[French, from Middle French, suburb, from Old French, the space extending about a league out around a town in which the town authorities had jurisdiction and read official proclamations : ban, official proclamation; see banns + lieue, liue, league; see league2.]

banlieue

(bɑ̃ljø) na suburb of a city