faubourg (foborg)

[F., formerly spelled faux - bourg, a form corrupted by popular etym., as if 'false town' ( On approaching it [the headquarters or capital of the Zaporovians] from the steppe, the traveler first entered a faubourg or bazaar, in which there was a considerable population of Jewish traders. D. M. Wallace, Ru ia, p. 355. faucitis Westwards, between El-Medinah and its faubourg, lies the plain of El-Munakhah, about three quarters of a mile long by 300 yards broad. R. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 240.