Wall Street

== English == === Etymology === From wall +‎ street. The term is the name of a street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A., where the palisade of New Amsterdam was once located. The street is known for the many major U.S. financial institutions located there. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːl stɹiːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔl ˌstɹit/, /ˈwɑl-/ === Proper noun === Wall Street (originally US, metonymic) American financial institutions or financial markets as a whole; (by extension) big-business interests. Synonym: the Street Antonym: Main Street Coordinate terms: the City (UK), Bay Street (Canada), Sand Hill Road (US venture capital) The street that traditionally has been a principal locus for those entities and whose name is metonymically extended to refer to them. Holonyms: Manhattan < New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World Comeronym: Madison Avenue ==== Derived terms ==== Black Wall Street Wall Streeter Wall Streety wolf of Wall Street ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Wall Street on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === streetwall