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It strikes me as odd that the etymology of Boulevard would be the Dutch bolwerk. It seems a lot more plausible that it would be coming from the French word boulevard. Of course I don't know about the etymology of the French word...
- According to a book of Henriette Walter I have at home, the french word boulevard come from medieval Dutch. Searching internet, I have found that (you speak french, don't you ?) " boulevard : Vient du néerlandais "bolwerk" ou "bolwerc", qui désignait des fortifications (terre-plein d'un rempart). Aux XVIIIème et XIXème siècles, ces fortifications ont été détruites et remplacées par de larges avenues bordées d'arbres." Koxinga 09:11, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)