Noun: purlieu (purlieus,purlieux) pur-loo or purl-yoo [N. Amer], pur-lyoo [Brit]
- An outer adjacent area of any place
"The purlieus of the city were dotted with small farms";
- environs
Derived forms: purlieux, purlieus
Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
Encyclopedia: Purlieu