arrondissement

Definitions of arrondissement
  1. noun
    a district of a town or city
    synonyms: quartier
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    ghetto
    a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
    berge, quais
    the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water
    bidonville, ghetto, quartier pauvre
    a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
    territoire
    the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
    bas fonds, quartiers mal famés
    a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
    type of:
    colonie, région, territoire
    a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
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