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Meaning of FAUBOURG

Pronunciation:  'fowbûr

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city; "in Faubourg Sainte Marie"
 
 See Also: New Orleans, suburb, suburban area, suburbia

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fau`bourg"\, n. [F.]
A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city,
but formerly without its walls.
 

 

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