"Madison Avenue" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Madison Avenue, a north–south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, where advertising boomed in the 1920s. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Madison Avenue}} Madison Avenue
  1. (chiefly US, metonymic) The American advertising industry, regardless of location. Tags: US, metonymically
    Sense id: en-Madison_Avenue-en-name-en:American_advertising_industry_metonymically Categories (other): American English, English metonyms, English metonyms Disambiguation of English metonyms: 71 29
  2. An avenue in Manhattan, New York, that traditionally has been a principal locus for that industry and whose name is metonymically extended to refer to it. Wikidata QID: Q109849 Related terms: Wall Street [comeronym]
    Sense id: en-Madison_Avenue-en-name-en:Q109849 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Named roads Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Named roads: 34 66
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