Broadway
See also: broadway
English
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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.
Pronunciation
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.
- 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
- “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.
- (Manitoba, metonymically) The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway)).
- 2009, “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in Winnipeg Free Press, June 25:
- 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.
- 2009, “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in Winnipeg Free Press, June 25:
- One of two villages in England.
- A village in County Wexford, Ireland.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A community of Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A town in Virginia.
Noun
Broadway
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Adjective
Broadway (not comparable)
- (by extension if the proper noun senses) Flashy; showy.
- Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Broadway.
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
- 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
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