FAUBOURG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does faubourg mean? 

• FAUBOURG (noun)
  The noun FAUBOURG has 1 sense:

1. a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city

  Familiarity information: FAUBOURG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAUBOURG (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

in Faubourg Sainte-Marie

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)