purlieu

n.

1. An outlying or neighboring area.
2. purlieus Outskirts; the environs.
3. A place that one frequents.

[Middle English purlewe, piece of land on the edge of a forest, probably alteration (influenced by Old French lieu, place) of porale, purale, royal perambulation, from Old French porale, from poraler, to traverse : por-, forth (from Latin prō-; see pro-¹) + aler, aller, to go; see alley¹.]

haunt; confine(s); an outlying or adjacent district; environ(s)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilholdssted, skovkant

Nederlands (Dutch)
omgeving, (achter) buurt, buitenwijk, rand

Français (French)
n. - abords (sout)

Deutsch (German)
n. - persönliche Grenze, Außenbezirk

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στέκι, χώρος στον οποίο συχνάζει κανείς, (ιστ.) (Βρετ.) δασικά όρια, (πληθ.) περίχωρα

Italiano (Italian)
periferia, vicinanze, sobborghi, terra ai margini di una foresta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - periferia (f), confins (m pl), limites (m pl)

Русский (Russian)
граница, предел, окрестности

Español (Spanish)
n. - límites, lindero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utkant, gränsområde, omgivning(ar)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
外缘部分, 常逗留之地, 郊区, 范围

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 外緣部分, 常逗留之地, 郊區, 範圍

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 삼림 주변의 빈터, 변두리, 교의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 森林の境界地, 行き付けの場所, なわばり, 近隣

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضواحي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרוור, גבולות או תחום הימצאותו של אדם, איזור נידח, איזור שכן‬

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