| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | boul·e·vard |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l  -värd , b l- |
| 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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