purlieus
noun/ˈpɜːljuːz/
/ˈpɜːrluːz/
[plural] (literary)- the area near or surrounding a place
- a fashionable residence in the purlieus of the capital
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a tract on the border of a forest): probably an alteration (suggested by French lieu ‘place’) of Anglo-Norman French puralee ‘a going round to settle the boundaries’.Definitions on the go
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