purlieu (n.)

• agora
• amphitheater
• arena
• auditorium
• background
• boundary
• bounds
• bowl
• campus
• canvas
• casino
• circus
• club
• clubhouse
• cockpit
• coliseum
• colosseum
• compass
• confines
• course
• field
• floor
• forum
• ground
• gym
• gymnasium
• hall
• hangout
• haunt
• hippodrome
• limits
• locale
• marketplace
• mat
• milieu
• outskirts
• palaestra
• pit
• place
• platform
• precinct
• range
• rendezvous
• resort
• ring
• scene
• scenery
• setting
• site
• spa
• sphere
• springs
• stadium
• stage
• terrain
• theater
• tiltyard
• walk