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broadway

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Noun

  1. An esplanade.
  2. A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em.
  3. The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

Proper noun

  1. A street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.
  2. A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
  3. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
  4. The theater district of Manhattan.
  5. The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
  6. The American theater industry.
  7. The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway).
  8. Two villages in England: A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0937).
  9. Two villages in England: A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3215).
  10. A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).
  11. A village in County Wexford, Ireland.
  12. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  13. A settlement in the United States: A neighbourhood of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
  14. A settlement in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
  15. A settlement in the United States: A town in Lee County, North Carolina.
  16. A settlement in the United States: An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio.
  17. A settlement in the United States: A town in Rockingham County, Virginia.
  18. A rare surname

Adjective

  1. Flashy; showy.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.

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