Broadway definition

brôdwā

The principal theater and amusement district of New York City, on the West Side of midtown Manhattan centered along the thoroughfare of Broadway.

(place) Street running north and south through New York City, known as the center of the city's main theater and entertainment section.

proper name

The New York commercial theater or entertainment industry.

proper name

noun

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

pronoun

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

pronoun

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

pronoun

The theater district of Manhattan.

pronoun

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

pronoun

The American theater industry.

pronoun

(Manitoba, idiomatic) The government of Manitoba.

pronoun

(poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

noun

(by extension if the proper noun senses) Flashy; showy.

Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.

adjective

Origin of broadway

The Old English words "broad way" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements 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.

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Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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