BANLIEUE

Etymology

Noun

banlieue (plural banlieues)

The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing

Source: Wiktionary


Ban"li*eue`, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. bannum leucae, banleuca; bannum jurisdiction + leuca league.]

Definition: The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Brande & C.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

20 February 2025

INVASION

(noun) (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; “the tumor’s invasion of surrounding structures”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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