"main street" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: main streets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} main street (plural main streets)
  1. the principal street of a town, but not necessarily named "Main Street" (qv); there can be more than one main street in some towns. Categories (topical): Roads Derived forms: Main, Main Street, SoMa, South Main Related terms: high street, main road Translations (principal street of a town): جَادَّة (jādda) [feminine] (Arabic), hovedgade [common-gender] (Danish), ĉefstrato (Esperanto), pallɛ (Farefare), grand-rue [feminine] (French), rue principale [feminine] (French), Hauptstraße [feminine] (German), főutca (Hungarian), hovedgate [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hovudgate [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hēafodstrǣt [feminine] (Old English), strada principală [feminine] (Romanian), huvudgata [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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