# banlieue

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
Borrowed from French banlieue.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/banlieue