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main street en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The principal street, or one of the several principal streets, of a town.
   • "The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face. 1942 March, “Notes and News: Monument to a Stillborn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
   • An almost 19th-century atmosphere has returned to Beetham since the M6 motorway drew away the traffic which used to roar along its main street. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd., page 53:
   • Invercargill in New Zealand has two main streets, Dee Street and Tay Street.

Forms

Deriveds

SoMa · South Main · Main · Main Street · mainstreeting

Relateds

high street · main road

Translations (20)

hu főutca (principal street of a town) · bg главна улица (principal street of a town) · cmn 大街 (principal street of a town) · gur pallɛ (principal street of a town) · fr grand-rue (principal street of a town) · de Hauptstraße (principal street of a town) · bg централна улица (principal street of a town) · ar جَادَّة (principal street of a town) · pl główna ulica handlowa w mieście (principal street of a town) · sv huvudgata (principal street of a town) · pt rua principal (principal street of a town) · nn hovudgate (principal street of a town) · eo ĉefstrato (principal street of a town) · bg основна улица (principal street of a town) · ang hēafodstrǣt (principal street of a town) · da hovedgade (principal street of a town) · fr rue principale (principal street of a town) · nb hovedgate (principal street of a town) · yue 大街 (principal street of a town) · ro strada principală (principal street of a town)