7 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

Broadway

noun: a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters [syn: {Great White Way}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Broadway \Broadway\ n.

1. a street in Manhattan famous for its restaurants and its theaters in the Times Square area. At its intersection with Seventh Avenue, it forms Times Square, an area with impressive displays of bright lights, particularly advertising; it is considered by some to be the cultural center of New York City. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

2. the theater district of Manhattan, located near Times Square. [PJC]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "Broadway": burlesque, carnival, circus, drama, entertainment industry, legit, legitimate stage, off Broadway, off-off-Broadway, playland, repertory drama, show biz, show business, stage world, stagedom, stageland, stock, strawhat, strawhat circuit, summer stock, the boards, the footlights, the scenes, the stage, the theater, theater world, theatromania, theatrophobia, variety, vaudeville

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

Broadway A standard which the {X Consortium} is currently (January 1997) developing and plans to release soon as an {open standard}. A prime goal is to be more {bandwidth}-efficient and easier to develop for (and to {port}) than the {X Window System}, which has been widely described as over-sized, over-featured, over-engineered and incredibly over-complicated. {Home (http://www.x.org/consortium/broadway.html)}. (1997-05-15)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

Broadway, NC (town, FIPS 8080) Location: 35.45714 N, 79.05356 W Population (1990): 973 (393 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27505 Broadway, VA (town, FIPS 10040) Location: 38.60824 N, 78.79594 W Population (1990): 1209 (513 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22815

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

Broadway, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 1015 Housing Units (2000): 419 Land area (2000): 1.249732 sq. miles (3.236790 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.026616 sq. miles (0.068935 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.276348 sq. miles (3.305725 sq. km) FIPS code: 08080 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.458280 N, 79.053206 W ZIP Codes (1990): 27505 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Broadway, NC Broadway

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

Broadway, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia Population (2000): 2192 Housing Units (2000): 976 Land area (2000): 1.822844 sq. miles (4.721143 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.822844 sq. miles (4.721143 sq. km) FIPS code: 10040 Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51 Location: 38.611954 N, 78.799192 W ZIP Codes (1990): 22815 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Broadway, VA Broadway

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