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PURLIEU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An outer adjacent area of any place
Synonyms:
environs; purlieu
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("purlieu" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)