- street running north and south through New York City, known as the center of the city's main theater and entertainment section
- the New York commercial theater or entertainment industry
Origin of Broadway
translated, translation of Dutch Breed WeghBroadway
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Broadway
The principal theater and amusement district of New York City, on the West Side of midtown Manhattan centered along the thoroughfare of Broadway.
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Proper noun
- A street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.
- The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
- A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
- 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.
- (Manitoba, idiomatic) The government of Manitoba.
Noun
- (poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.
Adjective
(not comparable)
Origin
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.
Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Sentence Examples
- On Saturday we took in a Broadway show and Sunday a baseball game.
- Broadway, the principal residence street, is 120 ft.
- I played in a heavy metal band, I did some off-off-off Broadway gigs, and lots of road company stuff.
- The wholesale business street of the city is Princess, running parallel to Main Street; and the two most beautiful residential streets are Broadway and Assiniboine Avenues.
- The main thoroughfares are Uxbridge Road and Goldhawk Road, from Acton on the west, converging at Shepherd's Bush and continuing towards Notting Hill; King Street from Chiswick on the south-west, continued as Hammersmith Broadway and Road to Kensington Road; Bridge Road from Hammersmith Bridge over the Thames, and Fulham Palace Road from Fulham, converging at the Broadway.
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Words near Broadway in the dictionary
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