BOULEVARD Definition & Meaning

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boulevard

[ bool-uh-vahrd, boo-luh- ]

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noun

a broad avenue in a city, usually having areas at the sides or center for trees, grass, or flowers.
Also called boulevard strip. Upper Midwest. a strip of lawn between a sidewalk and the curb.

boulevard

/ ˈbuːlvɑː; -vɑːd /

noun

1. a wide usually tree-lined road in a city, often used as a promenade
2. ( capital as part of a street name )
  Sunset Boulevard
1. a grass strip between the pavement and road
2. the strip of ground between the edge of a private property and the road
3. the centre strip of a road dividing traffic travelling in different directions

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of boulevard¹

First recorded in 1765–75; from French, Middle French (originally Picard, Walloon ): “rampart, avenue built on the site of a razed rampart,” from Middle Dutch bol(le)werc; bulwark

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of boulevard¹

C18: from French, from Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark ; so called because originally often built on the ruins of an old rampart

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See street.

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They will be connected by a shared wall on multiple parcels in Culver City and Los Angeles surrounded by Venice, National and Washington boulevards.

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Yet in the course of 65 years on the boulevard, Dastoli wrote, the building itself has seen only “minimal alterations.”

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In the years before the 1932 Olympics, the city likewise put many thousands of palms and other trees along wide, bare boulevards.

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The Sherman Oaks site is next to a school and near two boulevards; the Reseda site is on a four-lane avenue.

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Not for the tourists, who stay central in search of golden-hour boulevards, bakeries and Breton stripes.

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