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FAUBOURG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city
Example:
in Faubourg Sainte-Marie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("faubourg" is a kind of...):
suburb; suburban area; suburbia (a residential district located on the outskirts of a city)
Holonyms ("faubourg" is a part of...):
New Orleans (a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year)
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