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AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to) , a way of approach; more particularly, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief entrance-road to a See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

house, with rows of trees on each See also:

side; the trees themselves are said to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the avenue. In See also:

MODERN

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

London.

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