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Broadway.

A street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad way.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/
  1. A street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad way.

    uncountable
  2. A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.

    uncountable
  3. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.

    uncountable
  4. The theater district of Manhattan.

    uncountable
  5. The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.

    uncountable
  6. The American theater industry.

    metonymically · uncountable
  7. The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway).

    metonymically · uncountable
  8. Two villages in England: A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0937).

    uncountable
  9. Two villages in England: A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3215).

    uncountable
  10. A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).

    uncountable
  11. A village in County Wexford, Ireland.

    uncountable
  12. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    uncountable
  13. A settlement in the United States: A neighbourhood of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.

    uncountable
  14. A settlement in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.

    uncountable
  15. A settlement in the United States: A town in Lee County, North Carolina.

    uncountable
  16. A settlement in the United States: An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio.

    uncountable
  17. A settlement in the United States: A town in Rockingham County, Virginia.

    uncountable
  18. A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

    uncountable
  19. A rare surname

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively. Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

noun/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/
  1. The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

    slang
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively. Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

adj/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/
  1. Flashy; showy.

    broadly · not-comparable
    Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.

    not-comparable · slang
    Broadway connectors
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively. Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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