Left Bank

Left Bank

In general usage, the left bank of a river is the side to one's left while facing downstream.

As a name, Left Bank may refer to:

*Rive Gauche, the left bank of the Seine in Paris; "gauche" means "left" in French
*Left Bank (Biscay), the left bank of the Nervión in Biscay, Spain
*Left Bank Cinema, an offshoot of the French New Wave
*Left Bank (Kiev), the left bank of the Dnieper in Kiev
*Left-bank Ukraine, a historical region in Ukraine
*Left Bank (Philadelphia), a river bank in Philadelphia which anomalously is situated on the left facing upstreamfact|date=July 2007
*Left Bank (Rhine), the western side of the river Rhine, a region historically contested between France and Germany.
*The Left Banke, a 1960s American pop group
*Rive Gauche Nightclub, a Parisian-themed nightclub in the River West District of Chicago
*A section of Bordeaux along the Gironde river known as the Médoc

ee also

*Right Bank
*South Bank (disambiguation)
*West Bank (disambiguation)
*East Bank (disambiguation)


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  • Left Bank — the Left Bank an area of Paris on the south bank of the River Seine, famous from the 1890s for being popular with artists, writers, and students …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Left Bank — Left′ Bank′ n. geg a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students Left′ Bank′, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • Left Bank — district in Paris on the left bank of the Seine, associated with artists, bohemians, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Left Bank — noun the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life • Syn: ↑Latin Quarter • Instance Hypernyms: ↑vicinity, ↑locality, ↑neighborhood, ↑neighbourhood, ↑neck of the woods …   Useful english dictionary

  • left-bank — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Usage: often capitalized L&B Etymology: from the Left Bank (of the Seine river), the bohemian district of Paris, France; translation of French Rive Gauche : of, relating to, or situated in the bohemian dis …   Useful english dictionary

  • Left Bank — /lɛft ˈbænk/ (say left bank) noun a district of Paris, on the southern bank of the Seine, famous for its bohemian atmosphere which attracts artists, students, etc …  

  • left-bank — adjective Usage: often capitalized L&B Date: 1929 of, relating to, situated in, or characteristic of the bohemian district of Paris on the left bank of the Seine River …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Left-bank Ukraine — ( uk. Livoberezhna Ukrayina ; ru. Levoberezhnaya Ukraina ; pl. Lewobrzeżna Ukraina) is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left (East) bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern day oblasts of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy as well… …   Wikipedia

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