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Bois de Boulogne

American  
[bwah duh boo-lohn, bwah duh boo-lawn-yuh] / ˈbwɑ də buˈloʊn, bwɑ də buˈlɔn jə /

noun

  1. a park W of Paris, France. 2095 acres (850 hectares).


Bois de Boulogne British  
/ bwa də bulɔɲ /

noun

  1. a large park in W Paris, formerly a forest: includes the racecourses of Auteuil and Longchamp

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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More recently, the remarkable Fondation Louis Vuitton building in Paris’s Bois de Boulogne has drawn great admiration and praise.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

It was in 1905 that Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier, the visionary landscape designer and curator of the Bois de Boulogne, persuaded the city of Paris to save Bagatelle from developers.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2022

Fitting for one of Hollywood’s most majestic stars, she spent her latter years residing in a town house near the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2020

“Today, they work in places where we, the old guard working at the Bois de Boulogne, would never have set foot.”

From New York Times Sep. 29, 2018

The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned "character" leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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