At last a great shout went up ... and that was sign sufficient that the faubourgs were ours.
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Faubourg
//ˈfəʊbʊəɡ//
Synonyms for "faubourg" (11 found)
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11 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- предградие noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
Finnish
1 entries- esikaupunki noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
French
1 entries- faubourg noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
Galician
1 entries- arrabalde noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
Middle French
2 entries- fauxbourg noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
- forsbourg noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
Old French
1 entries- forsborc noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
Polish
1 entries- przedmieście noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
Russian
2 entries- предме́стье noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
- при́город noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
Spanish
1 entries- extramuros noun (an outlying part of a city or town)
Sample sentences
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[…]in the course of his walk (which led him out toward the faubourgs of Flatbush) he passed long vistas of signboards[…]
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By the time that I was quite clear of the city's unlovely faubourgs and purlieus I needed petrol: the Silver Ghost is a lovely car but its best friend would have to admit that its m.'s per g. are few.
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