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banlieues

n. (plural of banlieue English)

Usage examples of "banlieues".

L'Ariane had the reputation of being one of the most deprived and violent banlieues in France, after those that ringed Paris.

There was even an old stone farmhouse and barns, which had long since given up the struggle against the encroaching banlieues.

On a long underground journey to one of the banlieues, the downtrodden areas that ringed Paris proper, the two conversed in low voices, making plans like lovebirds, or fugitives.