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faubourg definition

fau·bourg (fō bo̵̅o̅r′; E fō′bo̵or′, -bo̵org′)

noun

in France,
  1. a suburb
  2. a city district that was at one time a suburb

Etymology: Fr for earlier faux bourg, lit., false town, folk-etym. form of OFr forsbourc, lit., outside town, hence suburb < fors (Fr hors), outside + bourg, town

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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