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lieu

Pronunciation: /ljuː/

The English word “lieu” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A place or stead.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”). Doublet of locus. Attested earlier and in Middle English only as part of the partially calqued phrase in lieu of.

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