Associations to the word «Faubourg»

Wiktionary

FAUBOURG, noun. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.

Dictionary definition

FAUBOURG, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats