Left Bank
a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.
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The scene at Sporting was Paris Left Bank hip, which gave me hope too.
Beirut Letter: In Lebanon, Fighting ISIS With Culture and Satire | Kim Ghattas | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer novel, a fictionalized take on her Left Bank intellectual circle, centers on an adulterous woman torn between two men.
9 Works Inspired by Writers’ Love Lives | Joni Rendon, Shannon McKenna Schmidt | February 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSarkozy is, after all, the man who went to war in Libya on the prompting of an open-shirted Left Bank philosopher.
French President François Hollande Goes to Washington | Tracy McNicoll | May 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMalcolm asked her gently to go back to the helm and keep it jammed hard-a-starboard until they arrived at the Left Bank.
The Red Year | Louis TracyOn February 18th the French captured the suburb on the Left Bank of the river, and thus placed the inner town between two fires.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The fever of rebellion had spread along the whole of the Left Bank of the Ganges as far as Allahabad.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHe resides in the Citadel Rhamnughur, which lies on the Left Bank of the Ganges, above the town.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferExeter is situated on a broad ridge of land, rising steeply from the Left Bank of the Exe.
The Towns of Roman Britain | James Oliver Bevan
British Dictionary definitions for Left Bank
a district of Paris, on the S bank of the River Seine; frequented by artists, students, etc
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Cultural definitions for Left Bank
Area in Paris on the left (south) bank of the Seine River.
Notes for Left Bank
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