Colon Street

English

Etymology

From Spanish Colón, from Cristóbal Colón. Named after Christopher Columbus.

Proper noun

Colon Street

1. A street in Cebu, a city in the Philippines, said to be the oldest street in the country
   • 1976, Philippine Journal of Education - Volume 55, page 295:

     He walked Colon Street, the oldest street in the Philippines.

   • 1986, Winand W. Klassen, Architecture in the Philippines, page 107:

     The next and last street on both maps may easily be identified as the famous Colon Street, one of the oldest in the Philippines.

   • 2001, Dirk J. Barreveld, Philippine President Estrada Impeached!:

     During my first visit at the end of the fifties, Colon Street, Cebu, the country's oldest street, and Singapore's Orchard Road did look alike as two drops of water. Today Colon Street still looks the same as in 1958 but Singapore's Orchard Road is totally unrecognizable, it became one of the world's leading shopping streets.

   • 2002, Visitacion R. De La Torre, Cultural icons of the Philippines, page 79:

     In the heart of the downtown shopping district is Colon street - the oldest street in this archipelago of 7,107 islands.

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