banlieue
banlieue noun: the outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.
Noun
banlieue (plural banlieues)
- The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.
- […] her novel illuminates the general situation facing all children of postcolonial immigrants across the West, from the banlieue of France to the Islamic neighborhoods of New York to the Hispanic ghettos of Los Angeles.2007 February 11, Uzodinma Iweala, “Colonial Castoff”, in New York Times
- But Guy Desplanques, a demographer, pointed out in 2002 that names like Ahmed and Jamila actually were on the wane, and that second-generation French men and women work toward integration by coming up with variations like Yanis or Rayan; the latter has become popular in some banlieues, evoking both...2007 November 4, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “You Are What Your Name Says You Are”, in New York Times
Forms of banlieue
| plural | banlieues |
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Origin of banlieue
Borrowed from French banlieue.
Questions about banlieue
- What does banlieue mean?
- Banlieue means the outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.
- What part of speech is banlieue?
- Banlieue is a noun.
- What is the plural of banlieue?
- The plural of banlieue is banlieues.
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