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boulevard

/ˈbʊ.lə.vɑɹd/ noun B2
  1. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare. · We live on Sunset Boulevard.
  2. The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
  3. A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
  4. The grassy area in the middle of some streets; a refuge island.

Plural boulevards

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The next morning he left that inn as he had left the Hôtel des Princes, without being noticed, walked down the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, along the boulevard to Rue Ménilmontant, and stopping at the door of the third house on the left looked for someone of whom to make inquiry in the porter’s absence.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 828 · C1
“I met him on the boulevard, on my way here,” said Beauchamp.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1025 · C1
Frequenting the Café de Paris, the Boulevard de Gand, and the Bois de Boulogne, during his brief career of splendor, the false Cavalcanti had formed a host of acquaintances.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1045 · C1

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