purlieu

Significado (inglés)

1. The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
2. The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood.

Sinónimos

environs

neighborhood

neighbourhood

surroundings

vicinity

haunt

neighbourhoods

neighbourliness

outskirts

parts

periphery

place

proximity

suburbs

surrounding area

adjacency

environment

area

bound

confines

fringe

hangout

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɜːljuː/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English purlewe (“piece of land on the edge of a forest”), modification under the influence of Old French lieu (“place”) of porale, purale (“royal perambulation”), from Old French porale, from poraler (“to traverse”), from por- (“forth”) (from Latin prō- + aler, aller (“to go”).