faubourg

Other forms: faubourgs

Definitions of faubourg
  1. noun
    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”
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    type of:
    suburb, suburban area, suburbia
    a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
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