"High Street" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Middle English Highestrete. More at high street. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Highestrete}} Middle English Highestrete Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=High Street}} High Street
  1. (British) Alternative letter-case form of high street Tags: British, alt-of Alternative form of: high street Categories (topical): Named roads
    Sense id: en-High_Street-en-name-MLAgYj7s Disambiguation of Named roads: 60 16 24 Categories (other): British English
  2. A hamlet in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9653). Categories (place): Places in Cornwall, England, Places in England, Villages in Cornwall, England, Villages in England
    Sense id: en-High_Street-en-name-zpHZZSZm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 62 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 63 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 68 26
  3. A hamlet in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England, on a road of the same name (OS grid ref TQ7430). Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Kent, England, Villages in England, Villages in Kent, England
    Sense id: en-High_Street-en-name-pvHndyfq
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