banlieue

/ French (bɑ̃ljø) /

noun

a suburb of a city

Nearby words

banksia, banksia rose, bankside, banksman, bankstown, banlieue, banneker, banneker, benjamin, banner, banner ad, banner cloud

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Examples from the Web for banlieue

The banlieue setting is rough and rife with violence and drug trafficking.
‘Girlhood’: Coming of Age in France’s Projects|Molly Hannon|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She must leave the banlieue, just as she insists to the school counselor, that she must go to high school.
‘Girlhood’: Coming of Age in France’s Projects|Molly Hannon|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hot on the heels of the November 2005 banlieue riots, tensions remained high.
A Horror Story of True-Life Anti-Semitism in France|Tracy McNicoll|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Paris, centre, banlieue, circumference; this constitutes all the earth to those children.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo

Ninety-one bombs were dropped that night within the old fortifications; more than two hundred were showered on the banlieue.
The Book of Susan|Lee Wilson Dodd
This talent of divining, possessed in a high degree by the Parisians, has never passed the banlieue.
Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle|Arvede Barine
Next day the outraged Chapter excommunicated the town and banlieue.
The Story of Chartres|Cecil Headlam
Gavroche looked and saw that this came from the men of the banlieue.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo