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PURLIEU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does purlieu mean?
• PURLIEU (noun)
The noun PURLIEU has 1 sense:
1. an outer adjacent area of any place
Familiarity information: PURLIEU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An outer adjacent area of any place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
environs; purlieu
Hypernyms ("purlieu" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
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