"high street" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high streets [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English high strete, highestrete, haye-strete, hye strete, heiȝe strete, from Old English hēahstrǣt (“high road”), equivalent to high + street. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|high strete}} Middle English high strete, {{m|enm|highestrete}} highestrete, {{m|enm|haye-strete}} haye-strete, {{m|enm|hye strete}} hye strete, {{m|enm|heiȝe strete}} heiȝe strete, {{inh|en|ang|hēahstrǣt|t=high road}} Old English hēahstrǣt (“high road”), {{af|en|high|street}} high + street Head templates: {{en-noun}} high street (plural high streets)
  1. (Britain, Ireland, parts of New England) The main street of any town. Tags: Britain, Ireland Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms (the primary artery of a town): Main Street [Canada, US] Translations (the main street of any town): rrugë kryesore (Albanian), ⁧الشَارِع الرَئِيسِيّ⁩ (aš-šāriʕ ar-raʔīsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), գլխավոր փողոց (glxavor pʿoġocʿ) (Armenian), əsas küçə (Azerbaijani), kale nagusia (Basque), гало́ўная ву́ліца (halóŭnaja vúlica) [feminine] (Belarusian), гла́вна у́лица (glávna úlica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), carrer principal [masculine] (Catalan), 大街 (dàjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), hlavní ulice [feminine] (Czech), hovedgade [common-gender] (Danish), hoofdstraat (Dutch), ĉefa strato (Esperanto), peatänav (Estonian), pääkatu (Finnish), rue principale [feminine] (French), grande rue [feminine] (French), rúa principal [feminine] (Galician), მთავარი ქუჩა (mtavari kuča) (Georgian), Hauptstraße [feminine] (German), κύριος δρόμος (kýrios drómos) [masculine] (Greek), ⁧רְחוֹב רָאשִׁי⁩ (rekhóv rashí) [masculine] (Hebrew), मुख्य सड़क (mukhya saṛak) [feminine] (Hindi), főutca (Hungarian), aðalstræti [masculine] (Icelandic), jalan utama (Indonesian), mórshráid [feminine] (Irish), príomhshráid [feminine] (Irish), via principale [feminine] (Italian), 大通り (ōdōri) (alt: おおどおり) (Japanese), ハイ・ストリート (hai-sutorīto) (Japanese), 큰길 (keun'gil) (Korean), galvenā iela [feminine] (Latvian), pagrindinė gatvė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Hauptstraat [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), Hööftstraat [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), Hauptstroot [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), Hööftstroot [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), главна улица (glavna ulica) [feminine] (Macedonian), jalan utama (Malay), triq il-kbira [feminine] (Maltese), waharoa (Maori), ara matua (Maori), hovedgate [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hovudgate [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧خیابان اصلی⁩ (xiyâbân asli) (Persian), główna ulica [feminine] (Polish), rua principal [feminine] (Portuguese), strada principală [feminine] (Romanian), гла́вная у́лица (glávnaja úlica) [feminine] (Russian), проспе́кт (prospékt) [masculine] (Russian), sràid mhòr [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), главна улица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), glavna ulica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hlavná ulica [feminine] (Slovak), glavna ulica [feminine] (Slovene), calle principal [feminine] (Spanish), huvudgata [common-gender] (Swedish), ถนนหลัก (tha-non-lak) (Thai), ana sokak (Turkish), ana cadde (Turkish), головна́ ву́лиця (holovná vúlycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ⁧مرکزی سڑک⁩ (markazī saṛak) [feminine] (Urdu), đường chính (alt: 塘正) (Vietnamese), lesüt (Volapük), stryd fawr [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-high_street-en-noun-~wkzLAdn Disambiguation of Roads: 66 20 14 Categories (other): British English, Irish English Disambiguation of 'the primary artery of a town': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'the main street of any town': 94 3 3
  2. (Britain, Ireland) Mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services. Tags: Britain, Ireland Translations (mainstream shops): pääkadun liikkeet (Finnish), mórshráid [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-high_street-en-noun-KzOi~qm9 Categories (other): British English, Irish English Disambiguation of 'mainstream shops': 4 75 21
  3. (Britain, Ireland) Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops. Tags: Britain, Ireland Synonyms (physical shops): bricks and mortar
    Sense id: en-high_street-en-noun-0oZyq1ak Categories (other): British English, Irish English Disambiguation of 'physical shops': 2 20 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: highstreet, High Street Related terms: highgate, high road, highway

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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "grande rue"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kýrios drómos",
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          "word": "κύριος δρόμος"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rekhóv rashí",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
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          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mukhya saṛak",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "főutca"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "jalan utama"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "príomhshráid"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "via principale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "alt": "おおどおり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōdōri",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "大通り"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hai-sutorīto",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "ハイ・ストリート"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "keun'gil",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "큰길"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "galvenā iela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pagrindinė gatvė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hauptstraat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hööftstraat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hauptstroot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hööftstroot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "glavna ulica",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "главна улица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "jalan utama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "triq il-kbira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "waharoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "ara matua"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hovedgate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hovudgate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xiyâbân asli",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "⁧خیابان اصلی⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "główna ulica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rua principal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strada principală"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "glávnaja úlica",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гла́вная у́лица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prospékt",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "проспе́кт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sràid mhòr"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "главна улица"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "glavna ulica"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hlavná ulica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "glavna ulica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "calle principal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "huvudgata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tha-non-lak",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "ถนนหลัก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "ana sokak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "ana cadde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "holovná vúlycja",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "головна́ ву́лиця"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "markazī saṛak",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧مرکزی سڑک⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "alt": "塘正",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "đường chính"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "word": "lesüt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "the main street of any town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stryd fawr"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "27 December 2008, “Woolworths store closures begin”, in BBC",
          "text": "Woolworths has had a presence on the UK High Street for almost a century.",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "Mainstream",
          "mainstream"
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          "specialist",
          "specialist"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Britain, Ireland) Mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Britain",
        "Ireland"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 75 21",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mainstream shops",
          "word": "pääkadun liikkeet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 75 21",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mainstream shops",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mórshráid"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops."
      ],
      "id": "en-high_street-en-noun-0oZyq1ak",
      "links": [
        [
          "bricks and mortar",
          "bricks and mortar"
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          "Internet",
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        ]
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        "(Britain, Ireland) Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 78",
          "sense": "physical shops",
          "word": "bricks and mortar"
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        "Britain",
        "Ireland"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "51 49 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "51 49 0",
      "word": "High Street"
    }
  ],
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    "high street"
  ],
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}
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      },
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    {
      "word": "highway"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The main street of any town."
      ],
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        [
          "main",
          "main"
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        [
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        [
          "town",
          "town"
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      "qualifier": "parts of New England",
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        "(Britain, Ireland, parts of New England) The main street of any town."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Britain",
        "Ireland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Irish English"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "27 December 2008, “Woolworths store closures begin”, in BBC",
          "text": "Woolworths has had a presence on the UK High Street for almost a century.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mainstream",
          "mainstream"
        ],
        [
          "specialist",
          "specialist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Britain, Ireland) Mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Britain",
        "Ireland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops."
      ],
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        [
          "bricks and mortar",
          "bricks and mortar"
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        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Britain, Ireland) Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Britain",
        "Ireland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "the primary artery of a town",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "Main Street"
    },
    {
      "sense": "physical shops",
      "word": "bricks and mortar"
    },
    {
      "word": "highstreet"
    },
    {
      "word": "High Street"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "rrugë kryesore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "aš-šāriʕ ar-raʔīsiyy",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧الشَارِع الرَئِيسِيّ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "glxavor pʿoġocʿ",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "գլխավոր փողոց"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "əsas küçə"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "kale nagusia"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "halóŭnaja vúlica",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гало́ўная ву́ліца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glávna úlica",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́вна у́лица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carrer principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàjiē",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "大街"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlavní ulice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hovedgade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "hoofdstraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "ĉefa strato"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "peatänav"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "pääkatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rue principale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grande rue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rúa principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mtavari kuča",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "მთავარი ქუჩა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hauptstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kýrios drómos",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κύριος δρόμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rekhóv rashí",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧רְחוֹב רָאשִׁי⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mukhya saṛak",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मुख्य सड़क"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "főutca"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aðalstræti"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "jalan utama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mórshráid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "príomhshráid"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "via principale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おおどおり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōdōri",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "大通り"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hai-sutorīto",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "ハイ・ストリート"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "keun'gil",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "큰길"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galvenā iela"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pagrindinė gatvė"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hauptstraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hööftstraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hauptstroot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hööftstroot"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glavna ulica",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "главна улица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "jalan utama"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "triq il-kbira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "waharoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "ara matua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hovedgate"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hovudgate"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xiyâbân asli",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "⁧خیابان اصلی⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "główna ulica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rua principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strada principală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glávnaja úlica",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́вная у́лица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prospékt",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проспе́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sràid mhòr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "главна улица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glavna ulica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlavná ulica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glavna ulica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calle principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "huvudgata"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tha-non-lak",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "ถนนหลัก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "ana sokak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "ana cadde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holovná vúlycja",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "головна́ ву́лиця"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "markazī saṛak",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مرکزی سڑک⁩"
    },
    {
      "alt": "塘正",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "đường chính"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "word": "lesüt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the main street of any town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stryd fawr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mainstream shops",
      "word": "pääkadun liikkeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mainstream shops",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mórshráid"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "high street"
  ],
  "word": "high street"
}

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