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bolwerc
Middle Dutch · medieval
"a rampart, fortification"
a bulwark or rampart, later the wide road built atop demolished fortifications
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boulevard
French · 1700s
"a wide, tree-lined avenue"
adopted into French for the wide tree-lined avenues that replaced city walls
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boulevard
English · 1800s
"a broad, often tree-lined street"
settled as the English word for a broad, often tree-lined street
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