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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
boulevard
 
SYLLABICATION:boul·e·vard
PRONUNCIATION:  bl-värd, bl-
NOUN:1. A broad city street, often tree-lined and landscaped. 2. Upper Midwest See parking (sense 3). See Regional Note at parking. 3. Chiefly Midwestern U.S. See median strip. See Regional Note at neutral ground.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Old French bollevart, rampart converted to a promenade, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, bulwark. See bulwark.
 
 
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