banlieu

The driver was nasty (we lived in banlieu). .had him drop me off at 2a.m. (with my friend) by the Chateau, to wait for hubby to come get me.

brouillon - French Word-A-Day 2010

It was in the "banlieu" neighbourhoods around Paris that the unrest of November and December 2005 was started after an immigrant youth fleeing a crime scene was accidentally electrocuted.

The British National Party 2009

I also see some of the tendancy of 'banlieu' Muslim France to be unwilling or unable to tell the difference between Zionism and Judaism (I know it's a bad week to dwell on this particular distinction) visiting the sins of the current Israeli state on those deported to the camps before that state even existed.

Dublin Opinion 2009

That “St. Denis area of Paris” is really an area of Paris called St Denis, and is not to be confused with the banlieu city of St Denis. neff Says:

Matthew Yglesias » More on Charles Murray 2010

I lived in the "banlieu de Paris" for about 4 years before returning to Brooklyn, New York.

livre d'or - French Word-A-Day 2009

He also delivered a deeply insensitive lecture in the wake of the 2005 banlieu riots, admonishing an affronted audience about France's mistreatment of North African immigrants: "They brought us here like cattle to do hard and dirty work, and then they throw us to live on the outskirts of towns, and when we claim our rights, the police beat us."

Gaddafi: a vicious, sinister despot driven out on tidal wave of hatred 2011

Yet while there may be grounds in the south-east where the chanting of the faithful is drowned out by people discussing the catchment areas of local secondary schools, and rival firms have prearranged face-offs in the side streets to see who has the most over-qualified eastern European au pair girl, such things have yet to permeate the banlieu of the Metropolitan Empire I frequent.

Chewing on some long-forgotten gems from the terraces | Harry Pearson 2012

I left my parents when I was fourteen, to leave the banlieu for Lyons.

Karin Badt: Cannes 2011: Hot French Pop Star Benjamin Biolay Stars in "Bachelor Days Are Over" Karin Badt 2011

I left my parents when I was fourteen, to leave the banlieu for Lyons.

Karin Badt: Cannes 2011: Hot French Pop Star Benjamin Biolay Stars in "Bachelor Days Are Over" Karin Badt 2011

The driver was nasty (we lived in banlieu)..had him drop me off at 2a.m. (with my friend) by the Chateau, to wait for hubby to come get me.

brouillon - French Word-A-Day 2010