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banlieues

banlieues is the plural of banlieue.

Meaning of banlieue

Noun

banlieue (plural banlieues)

  1. 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

Questions about banlieues

What is banlieues the plural of?
Banlieues is the plural of banlieue.

Words near banlieues in the dictionary

  1. banky
  2. Banlag
  3. Banlam
  4. Banlic
  5. banlieue
  6. banlieues
  7. banlieusard
  8. Banloc
  9. Banlung
  10. banmara
  11. Banmaw

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