Broadway

See also: broadway

English

Etymology

From broad +‎ way. The Old English words "brad weg" 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔdweɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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Proper noun

Broadway (uncountable)

1. A street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.
2. A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
3. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.

   Synonym: Great White Way

4. The theater district of Manhattan.
5. The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
6. (metonymically) 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.

7. (Manitoba, metonymically) The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway).
   • 2009 June 25, “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in 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.

8. Two villages in England:
   1. A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0937).
   2. A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3215).
9. A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).
10. A village in County Wexford, Ireland.
11. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
12. A settlement in the United States:
    1. A neighbourhood of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
    2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
    3. A town in Lee County, North Carolina.
    4. An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio.
    5. A town in Rockingham County, Virginia.
13. A rare surname

Noun

Broadway

1. (poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Broadway musical
• Broadway show
• Broadway stage
• off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, off-off-off-Broadway

See also

• Sussex Drive

Adjective

Broadway (not comparable)

1. (by extension of the proper noun senses) Flashy; showy.

   Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.

2. (poker slang) Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.

   Broadway connectors

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

Anagrams

• wayboard

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Broadway.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ.dwɛ/, /bʁo.dwe/, /bʁo.dwɛ/

Proper noun

Broadway ?

1. Broadway
   1. the wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Broadway.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁɔːdwɛɪ̯/, /ˈbʁoːtveː/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Broadway n (proper noun, strong, genitive Broadways)

1. Broadway
   1. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
   2. Villages and towns