avenue

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , feminine past participle of , from.

Noun

 * 1) A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
 * 2) A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
 * 3) The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
 * 4) A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
 * 5) * 1796, George Washington, "Farewell Address", American Daily Advertiser:
 * As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent Patriot.
 * 1) A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
 * 2) * 1796, George Washington, "Farewell Address", American Daily Advertiser:
 * As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent Patriot.
 * 1) * 1796, George Washington, "Farewell Address", American Daily Advertiser:
 * As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent Patriot.

Usage notes
Sometimes used interchangeably with other terms such as. When distinguished, an avenue is generally broad and tree-lined. Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east-west, while avenues run north-south.

When abbreviated in an address (such as "Malcolm Ave" or "Fisher Av.") a capital "A" is normally used and a full stop (period) only used if "e" is not the last letter of the abbreviation.

In French traditionally used for routes between two places within a city, named for the destination (or formally where it is coming from), as in the archetypal Avenue des . This distinction is not observed in US English, where names such as “” are common. In British English, 'Avenue' is usually more associated with a tree-lined street and is sometimes named after the species of tree e.g..

Synonyms

 * , av, ave., ave
 * , av, ave., ave

Translations

 * Abkhaz: апроспект
 * Afrikaans: laan
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: etorbide,
 * Belarusian: праспект
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, avenue
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: avenuo,
 * Estonian: puiestee, allee
 * Finnish:,  ,  ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პროსპექტი,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: troð, breiðstræti
 * Irish: aibhinne
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 大道り
 * Kazakh: даңғыл
 * Korean:
 * Latin: platēa
 * Latvian: aleja
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay:
 * Manx:
 * Mirandese: abenida
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Gauss
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: авенија, алеја
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: cursu, stratuni
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: aleja
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, kabulusan
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: རྒྱ་ལམ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: خِیابان
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:


 * Bulgarian: алея
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pihatie,
 * Greek: ,
 * Polish:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , feminine past participle of , from , from +.

Etymology
<

Noun

 * 1)  avenue type of street

Etymology
From, feminine past participle of , from , from +.

Noun

 * 1)  broad street, especially bordered with trees
 * 2)  a radial avenue an avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees
 * 3)  avenue principal walk or approach to a house or other building
 * 4)  avenue means by which something may be accomplished

Etymology
.