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noun

a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.

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Words nearby Left Bank

leeway, Le Fanu, Lefkoşa, lefse, left, Left Bank, left brain, left-brained, left-branching, left-eyed flounder, left face

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How to use Left Bank in a sentence

The scene at Sporting was Paris Left Bank hip, which gave me hope too.
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Her 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|DAILY BEAST
Sarkozy 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|DAILY BEAST
Malcolm 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 Tracy

On 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 Tracy
He 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 Pfeiffer
Exeter 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

Left Bank

noun

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

Left Bank

Area in Paris on the left (south) bank of the Seine River.

notes for Left Bank

The Left Bank is a center of artistic and student life.