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Definition of Banlieue
1. n. The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city.
Definition of Banlieue
1. Noun. The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Banlieue
1. a suburb [n -S] - See also: suburb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banlieue
Literary usage of Banlieue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"... town, or monastery, distinguished and protected by peculiar privileges. Spelman.
BANLIEU, or banlieue. ..."
2. Purple Tints of Paris: Character and Manners in the New Empire by Bayle St. John (1854)
"... Beer — Sobriety of the French — Instances and Exceptions—Population of the
banlieue—A ferocious Pastry-woman— Political Workmen — Drunkards' Association ..."
3. Memoirs of Citizen Caussidière: Ex-prefect of Police, and Representative of by Marc Caussidière (1848)
"... Guinard, Saisset—The Mayors of Paris and the banlieue—Anxiety of the
Population—Alarming rumours —Proclamations of the Prefect of Police—The state of ..."
4. Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social by John Stuart Mill (1896)
"The other is, that in the banlieue of Paris, which differs from Pans itself ...
On thé second point : " En 1812, la population de la banlieue de Paris était ..."
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