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Itasan Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

avenue

LDCE: avenue (3) BrE a road or broad path between two rows of trees, especially one leading to a big house
Is it not used in the US in the above meaning?
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Roads in AmE are named different things. When something is named an Avenue, it is usually a large road, not necessarily with the same definition as above. In New York (Manhattan), for example, the Avenues are the very long North/South roads, while the Streets are the shorter East/West roads.

— Vorpar

  • Roads in AmE are named different things.
  • When something is named an Avenue, it is usually a large road, not necessarily with the same definition as above.
  • In New York (Manhattan), for example, the Avenues are the very long North/South roads, while the Streets are the shorter East/West roads.
  • g.
  • 19th avenue) are alternately called Streets and Avenues depending on where they are in the city.
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Roads in AmE are named different things. When something is named an Avenue, it is usually a large road, not necessarily with the same definition as above.

In New York (Manhattan), for example, the Avenues are the very long North/South roads, while the Streets are the shorter East/West roads.

In San Francisco, the numbered roads (e.g. 19th avenue) are alternately called Streets an
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Thank you very much, vorpar.
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ItasanLDCE: avenue (3) BrE a road or broad path between two rows of trees, especially one leading to a big house
Is it not used in the US in the above meaning?
Thank you.
That's quite a specialised usage: "an avenue of old lime trees", etc. It would have to be a "stately home", or at least a very big house in the middle of a large piece of land. I onl
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