Broadway.
A street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad way.
Meaning & usage
A street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad way.
A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
The theater district of Manhattan.
The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
The American theater industry.
The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway).
Two villages in England: A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0937).
Two villages in England: A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3215).
A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).
A village in County Wexford, Ireland.
A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A settlement in the United States: A neighbourhood of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
A settlement in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
A settlement in the United States: A town in Lee County, North Carolina.
A settlement in the United States: An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio.
A settlement in the United States: A town in Rockingham County, Virginia.
A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A rare surname
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.
The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.
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.
Flashy; showy.
Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.
Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.