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Meanings of Left Bank in English

Russian
левый берег
Spanish
margen izquierda
Catalan
costat esquerre

Left bank of a river.

Related terms
левый берег
Portuguese
rive gauche

The region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life.

rive gauche
Synonyms
Examples for "Latin Quarter"
Examples for "Latin Quarter"
1
The Latin Quarter possesses few, and discretion seldom figures on the list.
The King in Yellow
2
At that time Lizzie Peck was the beauty of the Latin Quarter.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home
3
I show him my law-school diploma; he knows Paris, the Latin Quarter.
Sac-Au-Dos / 1907
4
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Bohemians of the Latin Quarter, by Henry Murger
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
5
And accordingly in the Latin Quarter tarried Israel for the time.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
Usage of Left Bank in English
1
The first public screening was in a small Left Bank movie house.
The new yorker
2
The new series is being made by independent producer Left Bank Pictures.
The Guardian
3
To Louis he said, Let the Provost clean out the Left Bank.
The Secret Eleanor
4
I think they have an apartment together somewhere, on the Left Bank.
The kiss
5
Virginie had lived for five years on the Left Bank at Gros-Caillou.
L'Assommoir
6
They would all meet up in the jazz cellars of Paris's Left Bank.
The Irish Times
7
You can reach me at the Lys on the Left Bank.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
8
One early work was a barricade across the Rue Visconti on Paris's Left Bank.
The Guardian
9
He said that he lived on the rue de l'Université, on the Left Bank.
A good woman
10
There is a house called The Sunrise, in Saint Germaine, on the Left Bank.
The Secret Eleanor
11
I could rent us an apartment on the Left Bank.
Ruthless
12
Especially, though, speaking of the New Bridge, you could go over to the Left Bank.
The Secret Eleanor
13
She grew up on the Left Bank in Paris.
It's like this, cat
14
Take the show I witnessed the other night while strolling through the city's Left Bank.
The Irish Times
15
German Tribes on the Left Bank of the Rhine
The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ...
16
German Settlements on the Left Bank of the Rhine
The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ...
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Translations for Left Bank
Portuguese
rive gauche
Left Bank through the time
Left Bank across language varieties
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