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faubourg
CIDE DICTIONARY
faubourg, n. [F.].
A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
faubourg, n. a suburb, esp. of Paris.
Etymology
F: cf. med.L falsus burgus not the city proper
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