FAUBOURG

faubourg

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

faubourg (plural faubourgs)

An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.

Source: Wiktionary


Fau`bourg", n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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