Broadway

broadway English Etymology By surface analysis, a proprialization from en broadway. The Old English words "ang brad ang 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. Pronunciation en /ˈbɹɔdweɪ/ en en-us-Broadway.ogg US en en-au-Broadway.ogg AU Proper noun - 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. en Great White Way The theater district of Manhattan. The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions. en off-Broadway en metonym The American theater industry. en 2007-07-08 Jesse Green Let Her Entertain You. Please! w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/theater/08gree.html Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124063245/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/theater/08gree.html en April 29, 2012 Nathan Rabin TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992) http://www.avclub.com/articles/treehouse-of-horror-iii,72723/ w:The AV Club “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction. https://web.archive.org/web/20130308164429/http://www.avclub.com/articles/treehouse-of-horror-iii,72723/ en Manitoba metonymy The government of Manitoba from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway. en June 25 2009 Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities Winnipeg Free Press Angry city councillors lashed out against both Broadway and Ottawa on Wednesday, claiming the Doer government and the Harper Conservatives are spending millions on infrastructure projects Winnipeg doesn't want and not enough on road repairs the city needs. Two villages in England: en village/and/cpar in dist/Wychavon co/Worcestershire OS grid ref SP0937. Parish map (Worcestershire) en village/and/cpar in co/Somerset previously in dist/South Somerset OS grid ref ST3215. Parish map (Somerset) en hamlet wcomm/The Havens co/Pembrokeshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SM8713. en village co/Wexford c/Ireland. en community in co/Pictou County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada. en settlement c/USA: en neighbourhood city/Newark co/Essex County s/New Jersey. en unincorporated community/and/CDP co/Warren County s/New Jersey. en town co/Lee County s/North Carolina. en ucomm twp:Suf/Taylor co/Union County s/Ohio. en town co/Rockingham County s/Virginia. en locality in the carea/Upper Lachlan south eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en rare Derived terms en Broadwayish Broadwayite Broadwayese Broadway stage off-Broadway,off-off-Broadway,off-off-off-Broadway Related terms en Broad Street Translations a street name Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m place name for a settlement which grew up around a broad street Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m theater district of Manhattan Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m theaters in the Broadway theater district Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m the American theater industry Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m the government of Manitoba Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m villages in England Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m village in Ireland Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m community in Nova Scotia Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m settlements in the United States Bulgarian: bg Бродуей m surname Bulgarian: bg Бродуей Noun ? en poker slang The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten. See also en Sussex Drive Adjective - en by extension _ of the proper noun senses Flashy; showy. en Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway. en poker slang Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight. en Broadway connectors Quotations en References Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. 978-1880069523 The Domesday Book (1086); section "Broadway, Somerset" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7609338 The Domesday Book (1086); section "Broadway, Worcestershire" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577729 Anagrams en aabdorwy wayboard en Named roads New York City en adjective-noun compound nouns French Etymology fr :bor en:Broadway fr en Broadway. Pronunciation Brodway Brôdwé Brôdway Proper noun en Broadway the wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City the American theatre industry fr Named roads German Etymology de :bor en:Broadway de en Broadway. Pronunciation de /ˈbʁɔːdwɛɪ̯/ /ˈbʁoːtveː/ de De-Broadway.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun n Broadway The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City. Villages and towns