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How to pronounce avenue
Say it like this: /ˈæv.əˌn(j)u/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does avenue mean?
nounA broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
“Boulevards typically (but not exclusively) go east to west; avenues usually run north to south.”
A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
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