Left Bank

noun

1. a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.

Left Bank

noun

1. a district of Paris, on the S bank of the River Seine; frequented by artists, students, etc

Left Bank

1. Area in Paris on the left (south) bank of the Seine River .

Notes

The Left Bank is a center of artistic and student life.

Example Sentences

The full ninth edition of the Dictionnaire de l’Académie Française was formally presented to President Macron this afternoon in the plush surroundings of the 17th century Collège des Quatre-Nations on the left bank of the Seine.

From BBC

The Chargers, meanwhile, left Bank of America Stadium riding some history — but looking to make more.

From Los Angeles Times

Thus expectations were high for a springtime face-off — with contemporary stagings of “Macbeth” and “Hamlet” — between the Comédie-Française, France’s top permanent company, and the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, the Left Bank’s most venerable theater.

From New York Times

As an adult, he lived for most of the year in an apartment on the Quai Malaquais on Paris’s left bank that was a short walk from the namesake gallery he ran from 1986 until his death.

From New York Times

A stroll through St.-Germain-des-Prés, on the Left Bank of Paris, can feel like a walk through another era.

From New York Times