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Abbey Road in London
Abbey Road in London

A street name or odonym is an identifying name given to a street. Abbey Road is a thoroughfare located in the borough of Camden and the City of Westminster in London running roughly northwest to southeast through A street is a Public thoroughfare in the built environment It is a Public parcel of land adjoining Buildings in an urban context The street name usually forms part of the address (though addresses in some parts of the world, notably most of Japan, make no reference to street names). An address is a Code and abstract concept expressing the fixed location of a home business or other building on the earth's surface The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. Buildings are often given numbers along the street to further help identify them. In Architecture, Construction, Engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following Any man-made House numbering is the system of giving a unique Number to each Building in a Street or Area, with the intention of making it easier to locate

Names are often given in a two-part form: an individual name known as the specific, and an indicator of the type of street, known as the generic. Examples include "Main Road", "Fleet Street" and "Park Avenue". The type of street stated, however, can sometimes be misleading: a street named "Park Avenue" need not have the characteristics of an avenue in the generic sense. Some streets are given a name without a street type designation. The Mall, for example, is the name of various famous streets around the world.

A street name can also include a direction (the cardinal points east, west, north, south, or the quadrants NW, NE, SW, SE) especially in cities with a grid-numbering system. An address is a Code and abstract concept expressing the fixed location of a home business or other building on the earth's surface Examples include "E Roosevelt Boulevard" and "14th Street NW". These directions are often (though not always) used to differentiate two sections of a street. Other qualifiers may be used for that purpose as well. Examples: upper/lower, old/new, or adding "extension".

"Main Street" and "High Street" are common names for the major road in the middle of a shopping area in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Main Street is the generic Street name (and often the official name of the primary retail street of a Village, Town, or small City High Street, or the High Street, is a Metonym for the generic name (and frequently the official name of the primary Business street The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The most common street name in the US is "2nd" or "Second". [1]

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Etymologies

The etymology of a street name is sometimes very obvious, but at other times it might be obscure or even forgotten. Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time

In the United States, most streets are named after numbers, landscapes, trees (a combination of landscapes and trees such as "Oakhill" is used often in residential areas), or the surname of an important individual (in some instances, it is just a commonly held surname such as Smith). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

"The Shambles", derived from the Anglo-Saxon term "fleshammels" ("the street of the butchers"), is a historical street name which still exists in various cities and towns around England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The most well-known example is to be found in York[2]

The unusual etymologies of quite a few street names in the United Kingdom are documented in Rude Britain, complete with photographs of local signage. The Shambles (official name Shambles) is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber-framed buildings some dating back as far as The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Rude Britain (subtitled 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain) is a 2005 book of humour and Toponymy. Signage is any kind of graphics created to display information to a particular audience typically Wayfinding information on streets outside and inside of buildings

Type of commerce or industry

Smith Street/La Rue des Forges refers to the blacksmiths' forges that were formerly situated in this street in Guernsey
Smith Street/La Rue des Forges refers to the blacksmiths' forges that were formerly situated in this street in Guernsey

Many streets were named for the type of commerce or industry that was along them. This practice rarely happens in modern times, but many of those named years ago are still common. Examples include London's Haymarket or Barcelona's Carrer de Moles, "Millstone Street", where the stonecutters used to have their shops. Haymarket is a street in the St James's district of the City of Westminster, a London Borough

Landmarks

Some streets are named for landmarks that were present along the street when it was constructed. Originally a landmark literally meant a Geographic Feature used by explorers and These have often disappeared but the name is retained.

Barcelona's La Rambla is officially a series of streets. La Rambla is an iconic and busy street in central Barcelona, popular with both tourists and locals alike The Rambla de Canaletes is named after a fountain that still stands, but the Rambla dels Estudis is named after the Estudis Generals, a university building demolished in 1843, and the Rambla de Sant Josep, the Rambla dels Caputxins, and the Rambla de Santa Monica are each named after former convents. Only the convent of Santa Monica survives as a building, and it is now converted to a museum.

Orchard Road, Singapore was named for the orchards that formerly lined the road
Orchard Road, Singapore was named for the orchards that formerly lined the road

Sometimes a street is named after a landmark that was torn down to build that very street. Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and Entertainment hub of the City-state. Singapore For example, New York's Canal Street takes its name from a canal that was filled in to build it. Canal Street is a major street in New York City, crossing lower Manhattan to join New Jersey in the west (via the Holland Tunnel

Self-descriptive names

While names such as Long Road or Nine Mile Ride have an obvious meaning, some roads' names' etymologies are less clear. The various Stane Streets, for example, were named at a time when the art of building paved (stone) Roman roads had been lost. There are several Roman Stane Streets - see also Stane Street (St Albans Stane Street, sometimes called Stone Street (Stane is simply an The Roman Roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate news Even allowing for different standards of notability, though, it is unclear why the main road through Old Windsor was called Straight Road. Old Windsor is a large Village in the English county of Berkshire.

Destination

Many roads (particularly in the UK, Australia, the northeastern US, and southern Ontario, Canada) are given the name of the town to which they lead. However, there are also many examples of streets named after a city that is many miles away and has no obvious link to the street.

When the roads do still make it to their stated destination, the names are often changed when they get closer to the destination. (Hartford Avenue in Wethersfield, Connecticut, becomes Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut, for example. Another Wethersfield is in Wyoming County, New York. Wethersfield is a town in Hartford County, ) A road can switch names multiple times as local opinion changes regarding its destination; for example, the road between Oxford and Banbury changes name five times from the Banbury Road to the Oxford Road and back again as it passes through villages. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Banbury is a Market town located on the River Cherwell in northern Oxfordshire, England. Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' at the south end north towards Banbury through the leafy

Some streets are named after the areas that the street connects. For example, Clarcona Ocoee Road links the communities of Clarcona and Ocoee in Orlando, Florida, and Jindivick–Neerim South Road links the towns of Jindivick and Neerim South in Victoria, Australia. Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida. Neerim South is a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located in the Shire of Baw Baw, east of Melbourne and north of

Bypasses are often named after the town they route traffic around, for example the Newbury bypass. A bypass is a Road or Highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area town or village to let through Traffic flow without interference from The Newbury bypass, officially known as 'The Winchester-Preston Trunk Road (A34 (Newbury Bypass' is a stretch of Dual carriageway Road which bypasses

Distinguished or famous individuals

This street in Rome commemorates Enrico Fermi
This street in Rome commemorates Enrico Fermi

Some streets are named after famous or distinguished individuals, sometimes people directly associated with the street, usually after their deaths. Bucharest's Şoseaua Kiseleff was named after the Russian reformer Pavel Kiselyov who had the road built while Russian troops were occupying the city in the 1830s; its Strada Dr. Şoseaua Kiseleff ( Kiseleff Road) is a major road in Bucharest that runs as a northward continuation of Calea Victoriei. Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov (Павел Дмитриевич Киселёв also spelled Kiseleff ( 8 January, 1788, Moscow — 14 Iuliu Barasch is named after a locally famous physician whose clinic was located there.

Naming a street after oneself as a bid for immortality has a long pedigree; Jermyn Street in London was named by Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, who developed the St. James's area for Charles II of England. Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an Infinite length of Time. Jermyn Street (pronounced "Germin" is a street in the City of Westminster, central London, to the south parallel and adjacent to Piccadilly. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Henry Jermyn 1st Earl of Saint Albans KG (c 1604-January 1684 was the third son of Sir Thomas Jermyn (1573-1645 of Rushbrooke, Suffolk. St James's is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Perhaps to dissuade such posterity-seeking, many jurisdictions only allow naming for persons after their death, occasionally with a waiting period of ten years or more. A dozen streets in San Francisco, California's North Beach neighborhood were renamed in 1988 after local writers; in 1994, the city broke with tradition, honoring Lawrence Ferlinghetti by renaming an alley after him within his own lifetime. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling on March 24, 1919) is an American Poet and painter, and the co-founder of [3]

Naming a street for a person is very common in many countries, often in the honoree's birthplace. However, it is also the most controversial type of naming, especially in cases of renaming. It is often the main reason for renaming:

Conversely, it can be a way to eliminate a name that proves too controversial; for example, Hamburg Avenue in Brooklyn, New York became Wilson Avenue after the United States entered World War I against Germany (see below). Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

Themes

Groups of streets in one area are sometimes named using a particular theme. A well-known example is in Philadelphia, where the major east-west streets in William Penn's original plan for the city carry the names of trees: from north to south, these were Vine, Sassafras, Mulberry, High (not a tree), Chestnut, Walnut, Locust, Spruce, Pine, Lombard and Cedar. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə William Penn ( October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) was founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, (Sassafras, Mulberry, High and Cedar have since been renamed to Race, Arch, Market [the main east-west street downtown] and South. )

Other examples of themed streets:

Bourbon Street in New Orleans
Bourbon Street in New Orleans

Grid-based naming systems

Fifth Avenue and E 57th Street in New York
Fifth Avenue and E 57th Street in New York

In many cities laid out on a grid plan, the streets are named to indicate their location on a Cartesian coordinate plane. The grid plan or gridiron plan is a type of City plan in which Streets run at right angles to each other forming a grid. In Mathematics, the Cartesian coordinate system (also called rectangular coordinate system) is used to determine each point uniquely in a plane For example, the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 for Manhattan provided for numbered streets running parallel to the minor axis of the island and numbered and lettered avenues running parallel to the long axis of the island, although many of the avenues have since been assigned names for at least part of their courses. The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was a proposal by the New York State Legislature adopted in 1811 for the orderly development and sale of the land of Manhattan between Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York In the city plan for Washington, D.C., north-south streets were numbered away from the United States Capitol in both directions, while east-west streets were lettered away from the Capitol in both directions and diagonal streets were named after various States of the Union. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D As the city grew, east-west streets past W Street were given two-syllable names in alphabetical order, then three-syllable names in alphabetical order, and finally names relating to flowers and shrubs in alphabetical order. Even in communities not laid out on a grid, such as Arlington County, Virginia, a grid-based naming system is still sometimes used to give a semblance of order.

Often, the numbered streets run east-west and the numbered avenues north-south, following the style adopted in Manhattan, although this is not always observed. In some cases, streets in "half-blocks" in between two consecutive numbered streets have a different designator, such as Court or Terrace, often in an organized system where courts are always between streets and terraces between avenues. Sometimes yet another designator (such as "Way", "Place", or "Circle") is used for streets which go at a diagonal or curve around, and hence do not fit easily in the grid.

In many cases, the block numbers correspond to the numbered cross streets; for instance, an address of 1600 may be near 16th Street or 16th Avenue. An address is a Code and abstract concept expressing the fixed location of a home business or other building on the earth's surface In a city with both lettered and numbered streets, such as Washington, D. C. , the 400 block may be between 4th and 5th streets or between D and E streets, depending on the direction in which the street in question runs. However, addresses in Manhattan have no obvious relationship to cross streets or avenues, although various tables and formulas are often found on maps and travel guides to assist in finding addresses.

Examples of grid systems:

Street renaming

Names are sometimes manipulated for political purposes. A Belgrade street that began as "Two White Doves" in 1872 was renamed Svetogorska in 1896, Bitoljska in 1922, for Georges Clemenceau in 1930, Svetogorska again in 1943, for Lola Ribar in 1946, and Svetogorska again in 1997.
Names are sometimes manipulated for political purposes. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A Belgrade street that began as "Two White Doves" in 1872 was renamed Svetogorska in 1896, Bitoljska in 1922, for Georges Clemenceau in 1930, Svetogorska again in 1943, for Lola Ribar in 1946, and Svetogorska again in 1997. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. Bitola (Битола; known also by several alternative names) is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. Georges Benjamin Clemenceau ( Mouilleron-en-Pareds ( Vendée) 28 September 1841 24 November 1929 was a French statesman physician and Journalist Ivo Lola Ribar ( April 23, 1916 - November 27, 1943) was a Croatian communist politician in

Street names can usually be changed relatively easily by municipal authorities for various reasons. Sometimes streets are renamed to reflect a changing or previously unrecognized ethnic community or to honour politicians or local heroes.

A changed political regime can trigger widespread changes in street names – many place names in Zimbabwe changed following their independence in 1980 with streets named after British colonists being changed to those of Zimbabwean nationalist leaders. Following independence in 1980, Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) began renaming cities towns and streets in an attempt to eradicate symbols of British

Some international causes célèbres can attract cities around the world to rename streets in solidarity; for example a number of streets with South African embassies were renamed honouring Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment. A cause célèbre (plural causes célèbres, French famous case) is This is a comprehensive list of awards honours and other recognitions bestowed on Nelson Mandela.

Street names can also be changed to avoid negative associations, like Malbone Street in Brooklyn, New York City, renamed Empire Boulevard after the deadly Malbone Street Wreck; Cadieux Street in Montreal renamed De Bullion because the original name became infamous by the former presence of many bordellos; and several streets in the German Village area of Columbus, Ohio which were renamed with more "American" sounding names around World War I due to popular anti-German sentiments. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The City of New York The Malbone Street Wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line Accident of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT was a Rapid transit railroad accident Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec German Village is a historic neighborhood just south of downtown Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Similarly, Hamburg Avenue in Brooklyn was renamed Wilson Avenue during World War I.

Street names also can change due to a change in official language. After the death of Francisco Franco, the Spanish transition to democracy gave Catalonia the status of an autonomous community, with Catalan as a co-official language. Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid The Spanish transition to democracy was the era when Spain moved from the Dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official An official language is a Language that is given a special legal status in a particular Country, State, or other territory While some street names in Catalonia were changed entirely, most were merely given the Catalan translations of their previous Castilian names; for example, Calle San Pablo (Saint Paul Street) in Barcelona became Carrer Sant Pau. Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia In some cases, this was a reversion to Catalan names from decades earlier.

In a similar way, English street names were changed to French in Quebec during the 1970s, after French was declared the sole language for outdoor signage. This was met with hurt and anger by many of the province's Anglophones, who wished to retain their traditional placenames. English-speaking Quebecers (also known as Anglo-Quebecers, English Quebecers, or Anglophone Quebecers; in French Anglo-Québécois, The government body responsible for overseeing the enacting of the Charter of the French Language continues to press English-majority communities to further francize their street names (for example, what was once "Lakeshore Road" was changed to "Chemin Lakeshore" in the 1970s, with the Office québécois de la langue française pressuring a further change to "Chemin du Bord-du-Lac". The Charter of the French Language ( La charte de la langue française, in French) also known as Bill 101 and Loi 101, Francization or Gallicization (and informally Frenchification) is a process of Cultural assimilation that gives a French character to a The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF (Quebec Board of the French language is a public organization established on March 24, 1961 by the Liberal

Street name sign adapted to reformed German spelling
Street name sign adapted to reformed German spelling

Sometimes, when communities are consolidated, the streets are renamed according to a uniform system. For example, when the community of Georgetown ceased to have even a nominal existence independent of Washington, D. Georgetown is a Neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington D C. , the streets in Georgetown were renamed as an extension of Washington's street-naming convention. Georgetown street renaming occurred as a result of an 1895 act of the United States Congress that ended even the nominal independence of Georgetown from Washington Also, when leaders of Arlington County, Virginia, asked the United States Postal Service to place the entire county in the "Arlington, Virginia" postal area, the USPS refused to do so until the county adopted a uniform addressing and street-naming system, which the county did in 1932. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Pre- (top) and post-1993 (bottom) street signs in Bucharest, showing the two different spellings of the same name
Pre- (top) and post-1993 (bottom) street signs in Bucharest, showing the two different spellings of the same name

Sometimes street renaming can be controversial, because of antipathy toward the new name, the overturning of a respected traditional name, or confusion from the altering of a familiar name useful in navigation. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. A proposal in 2005 to rename 16th Street, N.W., in Washington, D. C. , "Ronald Reagan Boulevard" exemplified all three. Issues of familiarity and confusion can be addressed by the street sign showing the current name and, in smaller writing, the old name. One compromise when the issue is more political can be "co-naming", when the old name is fully retained but the street is also given a second subsidiary name, which may be indicated by a smaller sign underneath the 'main' name. (See section below on "Multiple names for a single street". )

It is also controversial because it is seen by many as a way to rewrite history, even if the original name is not well-liked but nevertheless traditional or convenient. It can be used to erase the presence of a cultural group or previous political regime, whether positive or negative, and to show the supremacy of a new cultural group or political regime. A prime example of this type of name change was the renaming of Montreal's Dorchester Boulevard, the nexus of the financial and business district, named for governor Lord Dorchester, to René Lévesque Boulevard, after a leader of the Parti Québécois, a separatist party which was responsible for diminishing the rights of anglophones throughout the province (including mandating French-only street names). Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester, KB ( Strabane, Co Tyrone Ireland September 3, 1722 &ndash November 10, 1808 Stubbings René Lévesque Boulevard ( boulevard René-Lévesque in French) is one of the main streets in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Parti Québécois ' is a Sovereignist Political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and Quebec nationalism is a contemporary nationalist movement in Canada similar to what is found in other multi-ethnic and multi-lingual regions of the world City officials rushed to the name change, without even waiting the required one-year mourning period after Lévesque's death. Many Anglophones and federalists were outspoken in their opposition to the name change, and the majority English-speaking city of Westmount retained Dorchester as the name of their portion of the street in protest.

Multiple names for a single street

The section of St. Joseph Street running through Toronto's University of St. Michael's College is co-named Marshall McLuhan Way.
The section of St. Joseph Street running through Toronto's University of St. Michael's College is co-named Marshall McLuhan Way. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The University of St Michael's College (USMC, often referred to as St
Street names in Oakland, California's Chinatown are given in English and Chinese.
Street names in Oakland, California's Chinatown are given in English and Chinese. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U

While it is very common for what is effectively a single street to have different names for different portions of the street, it is less common for a portion of a street to have two equally acceptable legal names. There are several cases of the latter in New York City: Sixth Avenue in Manhattan was renamed as Avenue of the Americas in 1945, but the name never really stuck, and the city now considers both names equally acceptable, and both appear on street signs. Sixth Avenue is a major Avenue in New York City 's borough of Manhattan. Manhattan street signs now also designate a portion of Seventh Avenue as Fashion Avenue, and Avenue C is also Loisaida Avenue, a Spanglish name deriving from the English Lower East Side. Seventh Avenue / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard is a thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. " Avenue C " is the name of a number of streets in various cities Spanglish espanglish, espaninglish, el Spanish broken, ingléspañol, ingleñol The Lower East Side is a Neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

Cairo's Muizz Li-Din Allah Street changes its name as one walks through. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Maˤād al-Muˤizz li Dīn Allāh (932&ndash975 (معاذ المعز لدين الله also known as al'Moezz, was the fourth Fatimid Caliph and It may variously be referred to by locals as Souq Al-Nahhasin ("Coppersmith Bazaar") or Souq Al-Attarin ("Spices Bazaar") or Souq Al-Sagha ("Goldsmith and Jeweler Bazaar"), according to historical uses, as in "Type of commerce or industry" above. (For a tourist, that might be misleading. These Cairene names identify both a "segment" within the Street, and "sub-Areas" in the City. )[4]

Some major roads may have two names of different types, such as the Hume Highway/Sydney Road in outer northern Melbourne, which is exclusively Sydney Road closer to the city and exclusively the Hume Highway outside Melbourne, or the Hoddle Highway which is better known as Hoddle Street north of Bridge Road and Punt Road south of it. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Hoddle Highway is an urban "highway" in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, allotted metropolitan route. Hoddle Highway is an urban "highway" in Melbourne linking CityLink and the Eastern Freeway, allotted metropolitan route. Bridge Road is a major shopping strip in Melbourne, Australia.

Boundary Road/Station Road in Hove and Portslade, East Sussex, has different names for each side of the street. Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with whom it forms the Unitary authority Brighton Portslade is the name of an area of the City of Brighton and Hove. East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the Originally known as "Station Road", named for Portslade railway station, in 1903 Hove opted to rename its side as "Boundary Road", to avoid confusion with "Station Approach", leading to Hove railway station. Portslade railway station (in full Portslade & West Hove station) is a railway station serving the town of Portslade-by-Sea in East Sussex, but located Hove railway station is in Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. Portslade's parish council objected to this, and continued to refer to their side by the old name.

Multiple streets sharing the same name

Corner of Pike and Pike, Seattle
Corner of Pike and Pike, Seattle

In many cases, more than one street in a locality will have the same name: for example, Bordesley Green and Bordesley Green Road, both in the Bordesley Green section of Birmingham, England, and the three separate Abbey Roads in London. Atlanta famously has many streets that share name Peachtree: Peachtree Street, -Drive, -Plaza, -Circle, -Way, -Walk, West Peachtree Street, and many other variations that include "Peachtree" in the name. Occasionally, these streets actually intersect each other, as with Pike Place and Pike Street and Ravenna Boulevard and Ravenna Avenue in Seattle, Washington. In many cities in Alberta, new developments have only a few common street names, which are followed by variant types such as Boulevard, Drive, Crescent and Place. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905

Nicknames

Some streets are known equally or better by a name other than their official name.

Seattle's University Way NE is almost universally known to locals as "The Ave". The Ave, officially University Way NE, not University Avenue as is sometimes thought is located in the University District (U [5] Buffalo, New York's Delaware Avenue acquired the nickname of "Presidents Avenue", being where Millard Fillmore lived, William McKinley died, and Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as president. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. Millard Fillmore ( January 7 1800 &ndash March 8 1874 was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853 and the last member of the Whig William McKinley Jr ( January 29, 1843 September 14, 1901) was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The best-known segment of North Las Vegas Boulevard is called the Las Vegas Strip, or just "The Strip". The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is an approximately 4 mile (6

It is also common in some places to shorten the name of streets which have long names. For example, many streets named for Massachusetts are often referred to as "Mass Ave"; Boston's Commonwealth Avenue is often called "Comm Ave"; Manhattan's Lexington Avenue is often simply called "Lex" and Madison Avenue, "Mad"; Charlottesville, VA's Jefferson Park Avenue is simply "JPA". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Massachusetts Avenue may refer to Massachusetts Avenue (Boston, Massachusetts also Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station Commonwealth Avenue (colloquially referred to as Comm Ave by locals the latter word pronounced in the same manner as "have" is a major street in the cities of Lexington Avenue, often abbreviated by New Yorkers as "Lex" is an avenue on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries In Chicago, Illinois, Lake Shore Drive is commonly abbreviated to "[[LSD]". Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Lake Shore Drive (colloquially referred to as LSD or simply Lake Shore or The Drive) is a mostly Freeway -standard Expressway running In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Boulevard of the Allies is usually known as just "Blvd. of the Allies". In Portland, Oregon, Martin Luther King, Junior Boulevard is abbreviated to "MLK Jr. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Blvd. " (although in Chicago, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive is always called "King Drive"). Tualatin Valley Highway west of Portland, Oregon is often spoken of and written as "TV Highway". The Tualatin Valley Highway No 29 (see Oregon highways and routes) is an Oregon highway which passes through the Tualatin Valley, between the cities of Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers In Toronto, Ontario the Don Valley Parkway is commonly referred to as the "DVP" (and sometimes the Don Valley Parking Lot due to high congestion). Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The Don Valley Parkway (generally referred to as the DVP) is a controlled-access six-lane Freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so

In Paris, Boulevard Saint-Michel is affectionately known as "Boul'Mich". Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Boulevard Saint-Michel is one of the two major streets in the Latin Quarter of Paris (the other being the Boulevard Saint-Germain) North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, the city's most famous shopping street, is also occasionally referred to by that name, but is more commonly called the Magnificent Mile. Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east (except for one private block that runs at 125 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

Symbolism

Some street names in large cities can become metonyms, and stand for whole types of businesses or ways of life. In Rhetoric, metonymy (mɨˈtɒnɨmi is the use of a word for a concept or object associated with the concept/object originally denoted by the word "Fleet Street" in London still represents the British press, and "Wall Street" in New York City American finance, though neither street actually serves these industries anymore. Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. In London, a top surgeon with a private practice is liable to be referred to as a Harley Street surgeon even if he does not actually maintain an office in Harley Street. Harley Street is a road in the City of Westminster in London, England. The cachet of streets like Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue can prove effective branding, as for the Buick Park Avenue luxury car, and Saks Department Store being always known as "Saks Fifth Avenue". Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) is a wide boulevard that carries north and southbound traffic in New York City Borough of Manhattan The Buick Park Avenue is a Full-size car built by General Motors and sold by its Buick division Saks Fifth Avenue is an upscale American Department store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. In the opposite way, 42nd Street still symbolizes a street of pleasure, but also sin and decadence. 42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its Theaters especially near the intersection

Much as streets are often named after the neighborhoods they run through, the reverse process also takes place, with a neighborhood taking its name from a street or an intersection: for example, the aforementioned Wall Street in Manhattan, Knightsbridge in London, or Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, US, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city

Street type designations

Streets can be divided into various types, each with their own general style of construction and purpose. However, the difference between streets, roads, avenues and the like is often blurred and is not a good indicator of the size, design or content of the area. For example, London's Abbey Road serves all the vital functions of a street, despite its name, and locals are more apt to refer to the "street" outside than the "road". Abbey Road is a thoroughfare located in the borough of Camden and the City of Westminster in London running roughly northwest to southeast through A desolate road in rural Montana, on the other hand, may bear a sign proclaiming it "Davidson Street", but this does not make it a "street". Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern

In the United Kingdom many towns will refer to their main thoroughfare as the High Street, and many of the ways leading off it will be named "Road" despite the urban setting. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located High Street, or the High Street, is a Metonym for the generic name (and frequently the official name of the primary Business street Thus the town's so-called "Roads" will actually be more streetlike than a road.

In some other English-speaking countries, such as New Zealand and Australia, cities are often divided by a main "Road", with "Streets" leading from this "Road", or are divided by thoroughfares known as "Streets" or "Roads" with no apparent differentiation between the two. In Auckland, for example, the main shopping precinct is around Queen Street and Karangahape Road, and the main urban thoroughfare connecting the south of the city to the city centre is Dominion Road. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Queen Street is the major commercial thoroughfare of the Auckland CBD in Auckland City, New Zealand 's main population centre Karangahape Road (commonly known as K' Road) is a famous street in Auckland, New Zealand, known for cafes boutique shops nightlife and formerly

In Manhattan and Seattle, east-west streets are "Streets" whereas North-South streets are "Avenues". Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The Street layout of Seattle is based on a series of disjointed grid patterns. Yet in St. Petersburg, Florida and Memphis, Tennessee, all of the east-west streets are "Avenues" and the North-South streets are "Streets" (Memphis has one exception--the historic Beale Street runs east-west). St Petersburg (often shortened to St Pete) is a city in Pinellas County Florida, United States. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Beale Street is a street in downtown Memphis Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street a distance of approximately.

In Ontario, numbered concession roads are east-west whereas "lines" are North-South routes. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec In Upper and Lower Canada, concession roads were laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped land to define lots to be developed the name comes from a

In Montreal, "Avenue" (used for major streets in other cities) generally indicates a small, tree-lined, low-traffic residential street. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Exceptions exist, such as Park Avenue and Pine Avenue. Both are major thoroughfares in the city. In older cities, names such as "Vale" which would normally be associated with smaller roads may become attached to major thoroughfares as roads are upgraded (e. g. Roehampton Vale). Roehampton is a large district in south-west London, forming the western end of the London Borough of Wandsworth.

In the Netherlands in the 1970s and 1980s[6] there was a trend to not use the street type suffix at all, resulting in street names like (translated) "North Sea" and "Tuba". The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands

The word "Street" is omitted on the sign for Kearny Street in San Francisco; this is standard throughout the city.
The word "Street" is omitted on the sign for Kearny Street in San Francisco; this is standard throughout the city. Kearny Street in San Francisco California runs from Market Street on the south to The Embarcadero on the north The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city

In some cities in the United States (San Francisco; Houston; Detroit; Cleveland; Rochester, New York; Memphis), streets have official suffixes, but they are not generally given on street signs or used in postal addresses. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. In Chicago, suffixes are given on street signs but often ignored in popular speech and in postal addresses. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

Street type designations include:

Numbering

Some major roads, particularly motorways and freeways, are given road numbers rather than, or in addition to, names. A bypass is a Road or Highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area town or village to let through Traffic flow without interference from Motorway is a term for both a type of Road and a classification or designation A road number is often assigned to a stretch of public roadway Examples include the M1 and Interstate 5. The M1 is a major south – north Motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where Interstate 5 (I-5 is the main Interstate highway on the West Coast of the United States, paralleling the Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico Many streets in Britain are given both a number and a name as part of the Great Britain road numbering scheme. The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a Numbering system used to classify and identify all Roads in Great Britain. The same is also common in the United States; for example, in Washington, D.C., much of New York Avenue is U.S. Highway 50. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D New York Avenue is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House in Washington D US Route 50 is a major east-west route of the US Highway system, stretching just over 3000 miles (4800 km from Ocean City Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean In York Region, Ontario, the former provincial Highway 7 (currently signed as York Regional Road 7) is still referred to as Highway 7 on road signs and in everyday use, even though the road has not been part of Ontario's provincial highway system since 1998. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Highway 7 is a provincially maintained highway in the province of Ontario, Canada. York Regional Road 7 is a major east-west arterial road in York Region, Ontario, Canada. See also List of provincial highways in Ontario The Ontario Ministry of Transportation maintains the system of provincial highways in the Canadian province [7]

Some jurisdictions may use internal numbers to track county or city roads which display no number on signs.

Signage

An example of a street sign in the United States, showing the block number and the city flag (for Washington, DC) in addition to the street name
An example of a street sign in the United States, showing the block number and the city flag (for Washington, DC) in addition to the street name

Most streets have a traffic sign at each intersection to indicate the name of the road. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Most countries post signage known as traffic signs or road signs, at the side of Roads to The design and style of the sign is usually common to the district in which it appears. The sign has the street name and sometimes other information, such as the block number or the name of the London borough in which the street is located. The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Such signs are often the target of simple vandalism, and signs on unusually or famously named streets are especially liable to street sign theft. Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals in respect of Culture: ruthless Destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or Venerable Street sign theft occurs when street signs are stolen often to be used as decorations but also sometimes to avoid obeying the law by claiming later the sign was not there

Usually, the colour scheme used on the sign just reflects the local standard (white on a green background in the USA, for example). However, in some cases, the colour of a sign can provide information, as well. One example can be found in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Within city limits, all major arterial roads use a blue sign, north-south roads use a green sign, and east-west roads use a brown sign. ----The term city limits (or city boundary) refers to the defined boundary of a City. Other places sometimes use blue or white signs to indicate private roads.

Statistics

The most common street names in the United States, as of 1993, are:

  1. Second or 2nd (10,866)
  2. Third (10,131)
  3. First (9,898)
  4. Fourth (9,190)
  5. Park (8,926)
  6. Fifth (8,186)
  7. Main (7,644)
  8. Sixth (7,283)
  9. Oak (6,946)
  10. Seventh (6,377)
  11. Pine (6,170)
  12. Maple (6,103)
  13. Cedar (5,644)
  14. Eighth (5,524)
  15. Elm (5,233)
  16. View (5,202)
  17. Washington (4,974)
  18. Ninth (4,908)
  19. Lake (4,901)
  20. Hill (4,877)[1]

The reason for "Second" and "Third" streets being more common than "First" is that some cities do not have "First" streets — naming them "Main" instead, or renaming them after historical figures. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Most common street names. Census and you. U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division. (February 1993). Archived from the original on 2005-10-27. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Retrieved on 2007-05-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople
  2. ^ "The Shambles" at Britain Express. Accessed 27 August 2005. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
  3. ^ Adair Lara, Literary light: City Lights Bookstore, at 50, is showing few signs of aging, San Francisco Chronicle, June 5, 2003. Accessed on line December 22, 2006.
  4. ^ Daniel Lanier, Bazaar of the Tentmakers, Shopping around Egypt, accessed 12 March 2006. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  5. ^ Paul Dorpat, "Seattle Neighborhoods: University District -- Thumbnail History", HistoryLink, June 18, 2001 (updated May 2002), accessed 12 March 2006. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  6. ^ Cüsters, J: "Straatnaamcommissie piekert zich suf", Binnenlands Bestuur, 25 September 1998.
  7. ^ Caroline Grech (2007-07-07). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Would you rather drive on Ave. 7?. Yorkregion. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000

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  1. The slang term.
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