the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
Recent Examples on the WebOfficers responded to reports of a stabbing on a Metro bus shortly after 2 p.m. at Balboa and Ventura boulevards in Encino, according to Officer Jeff Lee with the Los Angeles Police Department.—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 The renovation is scheduled for completion, positioning the landmark boulevard for the decades to come.—Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for boulevard
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Word History
Etymology
French, modification of Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark
: a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides
Etymology
from French boulevard "walkway lined with trees," derived from early Dutch bolwerc "bulwark, rampart"; so called because the earliest boulevards were at sites of razed fortifications — related to bulwark
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