"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. An avenue in Manhattan, New York, known as the center of the American advertising industry. Categories (topical): Named roads
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  2. (by extension) The American advertising industry, regardless of location. Tags: broadly
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