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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city; "in Faubourg Sainte-Marie"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English fabour, from Middle French fauxbourg, alteration of forsbourg, from Old French forsborc, from fors outside + borc town — more at bourg Date: 15th century 1. suburb; especially a suburb of a French city 2. a city quarter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a suburb, esp. of Paris. Etymology: F: cf. med.L falsus burgus not the city proper

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Faubourg Fau`bourg", n. [F.] A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Fr.] Suburb, environs, former suburb, former environs (in French cities).