pur·lieu 
(pûrly, pûrl)
(pûrly, pûrl)n.
1. An outlying or neighboring area.
2. purlieus Outskirts; the environs.
3. A place that one frequents.
[Middle English purlewe, piece of land on the edge of a forest, probably alteration (influenced by Old French lieu, place) of porale, purale, royal perambulation, from Old French porale, from poraler, to traverse : por-, forth (from Latin prō-; see PRO-1) + aler, aller, to go; see ALLEY1.]