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See also:AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to) , a way of approach; more particularly, the See also:chief entrance-road to a See also:country See also:house, with rows of trees on each See also:side; the trees themselves are said to See also:form the See also:avenue . In See also:modern times the word has been much used as a name for streets in towns, whether with or without trees, such as Fifth Avenue in New See also:York, or See also:Shaftesbury Avenue in See also:London . |
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