According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
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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