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PURLIEU

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

• PURLIEU (noun)

Sense 1

purlieu ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

An outer adjacent area of any place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

purlieu; environs

Hypernyms ("purlieu" is a kind of...):

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

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