alley

Etymology 1
From, from , feminine of , past participle of (French ). .

Noun

 * 1) A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
 * 2)  The area between the outfielders.
 * 3)  An establishment where bowling is played.
 * 4)  An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
 * 5)  The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
 * 6)  A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
 * 7) A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
 * 8)  Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
 * 9) The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
 * 10)  A group of clowns;
 * 1)  The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
 * 2)  A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
 * 3) A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
 * 4)  Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
 * 5) The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
 * 6)  A group of clowns;
 * 1)  A group of clowns;

Translations

 * Abkhaz: абжьаларҭа
 * Arabic: زُقَاق
 * Egyptian Arabic: زقاق, حارة
 * Gulf Arabic: داعوس
 * Hijazi Arabic: زُقَاق
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: আলি, বাট
 * Azerbaijani:, alleya,
 * Belarusian: заву́лак, але́я, але́йка, ву́лачка, ву́лка
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: але́я,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 巷, 巷仔
 * Hakka: 巷仔
 * Hokkien: ,
 * Jin: 黑浪
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Wu: 弄堂
 * Xiang: 巷子
 * Coptic: ⲗⲁⲩⲣⲁ, ⲣⲁⲃⲏ, ⲣⲁⲟⲩⲏ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: gyde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: strateto
 * Estonian: allee, kuja,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: ruela, viela, venela, congostra, beque, calella
 * Georgian: შესახვევი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: στενωπός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, , öngstræti
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: vico, allée
 * Irish: caolsráid, scabhat
 * Italian:, , , viuzza, carruggio,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kabuverdianu: béku, béke
 * Kazakh: тар көше, тұйық көше, шолақ көше
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کۆڵان
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz: тар көчө,
 * Lao: ທາງຮ່ອມ
 * Latin: angiportus, vīculus
 * Latvian: aleja, ieliņa
 * Lithuanian:, gatvelė
 * Macedonian: сокак
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: smug,, strede
 * Nynorsk: smug
 * Occitan: ,
 * Pashto: کوڅه ګۍ
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Gank
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi: ਗਲੀ
 * Shahmukhi: گَلی
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Romansch: giassa
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: со̀ка̄к, у̏личица, алеја
 * Roman:, ,
 * Sicilian: vaneḍḍa,stratuzza,
 * Slovak:, ulička
 * Slovene: aleja
 * Spanish:, , , esquinita ,
 * Swahili: uchochoro
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: тангкӯча, кӯчабоғ,, паскӯча
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: ལམ་ཆུང
 * Turkish:, dar sokak,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:, заву́лок, , , ву́личка
 * Urdu: گَلی, کُوچَہ
 * Uyghur: تار كوچا
 * Uzbek: alleya, tor koʻcha,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: ,
 * Welsh: ale, aleon
 * Yiddish: אַלעע, געסל, הינטערגעסל, געסקע, ליק


 * Czech:

Etymology 2
Diminutive of, from which they were once made.

Noun

 * 1) A marble.