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means A public road in a town or city, usually lined with buildings on one or both sides, used by pedestrians and vehicles.
from From Old English 'strǣt,' borrowed from Late Latin 'strata' (via) — short for 'via strata,' a 'paved way,' from 'sternere,' to spread or lay down. The Romans laid these roads across their empire, and the word followed the stones into Germanic tongues, which is why German 'Strasse' and Dutch 'straat' are its close cousins. So every street is, etymologically, something 'spread out' beneath your feet.
- oldest paved
- Ur's streets were paved around 4000 BC
- name origin
- From Latin via strata, meaning paved way
- longest one
- Toronto's Yonge Street once claimed 1,896 kilometers
- smartest move
- Streets predate the wheel by millennia
- grid logic
- Manhattan's grid was planned in 1811
wall street — financial district in new york city, home to the new york stock exchange since 1817
abbey road — street in london where the beatles recorded their 1969 album of the same name
bourbon street — famous thoroughfare in new orleans' french quarter, known for nightlife and bars
carnaby street — london street that became center of 1960s mod fashion and youth culture