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BROADWAY
Broadway, Great White Way
(noun) a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
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.
Proper noun
Broadway (uncountable)
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, metonymy) 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).
A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3215).
A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).
A village in Wexford, Ireland.
A town in North Carolina.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Virginia.
Noun
Broadway
(poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.
Adjective
Broadway (not comparable)
(by extension if the proper noun senses) Flashy; showy.
(poker slang) Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.
Anagrams
• wayboard
Etymology
Noun
broadway (plural broadways)
An esplanade.
Anagrams
• wayboard
Source: Wiktionary
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