boule
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boule1 /buːl/ (also boules pronunc. same)
▶noun a French form of bowls, played with metal balls.
– origin Fr., lit. ‘bowl’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boule2 /ˈbuːli/
▶noun a legislative body of ancient or modern Greece.
– origin from Gk boulē ‘senate’.
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