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Definition of Left Bank
1. Noun. The region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life.
Generic synonyms: Locality, Neck Of The Woods, Neighborhood, Neighbourhood, Vicinity
Group relationships: Capital Of France, City Of Light, French Capital, Paris
Terms within: Quai D'orsay
Definition of Left Bank
1. Noun. (of a river) the bank to the left when facing downstream ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Left Bank
Literary usage of Left Bank
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1886)
"At the seventeenth verst, on the left bank, is the hamlet of Marga ; at the
nineteenth,on the right, Sayat; at the twenty-first, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"While this by-play was going on in front, the main column recrossed the bridge
at Kinston. aral advanced up the left bank, taking the river road After all ..."
3. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"The semicircular part of Paris which lies on the left bank of the Seine forms fully
... The chief objects of interest on the left bank are the Palais du ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The German districts on the left bank, divided into four departments under a French
... During the whole of this period the left bank of the Rhine, ..."
5. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"The semicircular part of Paris which lies on the left bank of the Seine forms fully
... The chief objects of interest on the left bank are the Palais du ..."
6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"By Captain HH WILSON, Lancashire Fusiliers. THE large tract of land on the left
bank of the Sobat river which is practically enclosed by the rivers Pibor, ..."
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