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Boulevard

//ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

    "We live on Sunset Boulevard."

  2. 2
    a wide street or thoroughfare wordnet
  3. 3
    The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
  4. 4
    A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
  5. 5
    The grassy area in the middle of some streets; a refuge island.

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.

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