boulevard

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a wide street or thoroughfare

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.

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Synonyms

avenue

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