faubourg
Syllabification: (fau·bourg)
Pronunciation: /fōˈbo͝or, -bərg/
Definition of faubourg
noun
Origin:
French (earlier faux-bourg 'false borough'), perhaps an alteration of forsborc, literally 'outside the town', but perhaps based on Middle High German phâlburgere 'burgers of the pale', i.e., people living outside the city wall but still inside the palisade