Definitions for "LEFT BANK"
A collective term for the communes of the left bank of the Gironde in Bordeaux. For more information, see my guide to Bordeaux wine.
The left side of a French waterway when facing downstream. Rive gauche in French.
The side of a river that is to your left if you position yourself in the middle of the river and look downstream. In Bordeaux, this would be the side that contains the Medoc.
the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life
The left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao (Spanish, Margen Izquierda / Basque, Ezkerraldea) is a part of the Greater Bilbao region, its main towns are Barakaldo, Sestao, Santurtzi and Portugalete and besides to the iron mines (Zona Minera or Mehatzaldea), was the heart of the intense industrialisation of Biscay. Thousands of workers from all Spain came to the area during the 20th century to work in the major shipbuilding and steel industries like Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.