boulevard

noun

bou·​le·​vard ˈbu̇-lə-ˌvärd How to pronounce boulevard (audio)
ˈbü-,
 also  ˈbə-
: a broad often landscaped thoroughfare

Examples of boulevard in a Sentence

the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
Recent Examples on the Web Following the street north, Arroyo Street turns into Alvear Avenue, another famous boulevard known for its historic palaces, high-end boutiques, and luxury hotels like Alvear Palace, Four Seasons, and Park Hyatt. Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024 Nevertheless, Olympics organizers are determined to put on a show that stuns the throngs assembled on the boulevards of Paris, not to mention the millions of people expected to watch the Games unfold on their televisions and mobile devices. Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024 The two-vehicle crash was reported at 4:12 a.m. on Nieman Boulevard near Elkins Way, a street that becomes Daniel Maloney Drive on the west side of the boulevard and leads to Montgomery Elementary School and Silver Creek High School. Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024 The first room, undoubtedly installed by Renoir, gives pride of place to his painting, with dazzling snapshots of modern life, of the Paris of fashion and entertainment: its boulevards, dancers and spectators, as much motifs also observed and painted by Monet and Degas. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Carlsbad has talked about realigning the boulevard since the 1980s. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024 Rabbits leap in patterns across boulevards named after trees. Diane Seuss, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024 The crowd began moving westward on the boulevard, led by a white van with half a dozen people on top chanting into a microphone and megaphone. Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024 WisDOT is studying whether the Stadium Freeway between Wisconsin and Lisbon avenues should be replaced with an at-grade boulevard − creating opportunities for new housing and other development. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

French, modification of Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of boulevard was in 1763

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“Boulevard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulevard. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

boulevard

noun
bou·​le·​vard ˈbu̇l-ə-ˌvärd How to pronounce boulevard (audio)
ˈbül-
: 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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