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/ === Proper noun === Broadway (uncountable) A street name, typically for a wide road; a 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. Synonym: 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. (metonymic) The American theater industry. (Manitoba, metonymic) 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 Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3215). A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713). A village in County Wexford, Ireland. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. A settlement in the United States: A neighbourhood of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey. A town in Lee County, North Carolina. An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio. A town in Rockingham County, Virginia. A rare surname ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Broadway (poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== Sussex Drive === Adjective === Broadway (not comparable) (by extension of the proper noun senses) Flashy; showy. (poker slang) Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight. === 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 ? Broadway the wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City. == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Broadway. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʁɔːdwɛɪ̯/, /ˈbʁoːtveː/ === Proper noun === Broadway n (proper noun, strong, genitive Broadways) Broadway The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City. Villages and towns