Etymology

banlieue

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Today it means: The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing. Full definition →

French banlieue
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  1. French · borrowed frombanlieue
  2. French · borrowed frombanlieue
  3. English todaybanlieue

Borrowed from French banlieue.

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