"parkway" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑɹkˌweɪ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-parkway.ogg [Australia] Forms: parkways [plural]
Etymology: park + way Etymology templates: {{compound|en|park|way}} park + way Head templates: {{en-noun}} parkway (plural parkways)
  1. (dated) A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way. Tags: dated Translations (A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way): طريق مشجر [feminine] (Arabic), park yolu [feminine] (Azerbaijani), 公园大道 [feminine] (Chinese), parkweg [feminine] (Dutch), pargitee [feminine] (Estonian), promenade [feminine] (French), Ausfallstraße [feminine] (German), Parkweg [feminine] (German), strada panoramica [feminine] (Italian), 公園道路 [feminine] (Japanese), こうえんどうろ [feminine] (Japanese), 공원 도로 (gong'won doro) [feminine] (Korean), via pública [feminine] (Portuguese), promenadă [feminine] (Romanian), ruta verde [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-parkway-en-noun-vlzCHhWC Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 11 21 22 25 21 Disambiguation of 'A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way': 88 3 5 4
  2. (US) A scenic freeway. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-parkway-en-noun-f04GGMm1 Categories (other): American English, English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 11 21 22 25 21
  3. (US) A divided highway with a landscaped median. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-parkway-en-noun-fCJbM3R3 Categories (other): American English, English blends, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 11 21 22 25 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 4 35 25 30
  4. (Chicago) A tree lawn.
    Sense id: en-parkway-en-noun-84sGkTDB Categories (other): Chicago English, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 11 21 22 25 21 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 26 41 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 4 35 25 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑɹkˌweɪ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-parkway.ogg [Australia] Forms: parkways [plural]
Etymology: Blend of car park + railway (generally true, though the first one in Britain, Bristol Parkway railway station, was named for being near the M32 motorway, alternatively named "Parkway"). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|car park|railway}} Blend of car park + railway, {{q|generally true, though the first one in Britain, Bristol Parkway railway station, was named for being near the M32 motorway, alternatively named "Parkway"}} (generally true, though the first one in Britain, Bristol Parkway railway station, was named for being near the M32 motorway, alternatively named "Parkway") Head templates: {{en-noun}} parkway (plural parkways)
  1. (rail transport, British, Australia) A railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange. Tags: Australia, British Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Roads
    Sense id: en-parkway-en-noun-hflP1ehi Disambiguation of Roads: 23 20 16 4 37 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English blends, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 11 21 22 25 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 4 35 25 30 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1919, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, page 1806",
          "text": "A parkway, so far as it can be discriminated from a boulevard, includes more breadth of turf or planted ground and includes, usually, narrow passages of natural scenery of varying width, giving it a somewhat park-like character",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1926, “The Cornell Civil Engineer”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volumes 35-36, page 198",
          "text": "Thus a parkway might vary in width from 100 to 1000 feet. An average width of 300 feet should provide a pleasing setting for the roadway in addition to a bridle path and hiking trail.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1929, Housing, volume 18, page 146",
          "text": "This highway, which is virtually a parkway and designed primarily for pleasure traffic, begins at Wilmington and extends northward along the Brandywine Creek to its junction with Valley Creek […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1938, Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, page 2691",
          "text": "Mr. Moses: Of course, the word \"parkways\" would have to be defined, as it has been to some extent by the courts, but what we intended by scenic highway is a highway like Storm King. That is not a parkway, but is a scenic highway […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943, Master Recreation Plan, Marin County, California, number 13, page 9",
          "text": "A parkway is a combined park and road. Strictly speaking, it is a road through a park and is indistinguishable from the park areas which it traverses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959, Mississippi Highways, volumes 28-29, page 30",
          "text": "Natchez Trace is a parkway. It is not a freeway nor a throughway nor a speedway",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "(dated) A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way."
      ],
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        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A scenic freeway."
      ],
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        [
          "scenic",
          "scenic"
        ],
        [
          "freeway",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(US) A scenic freeway."
      ],
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A divided highway with a landscaped median."
      ],
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          "divided highway",
          "divided highway"
        ],
        [
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          "median",
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        "(US) A divided highway with a landscaped median."
      ],
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chicago English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tree lawn."
      ],
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          "tree lawn",
          "tree lawn"
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      ],
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        "(Chicago) A tree lawn."
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        "General-American"
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      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "park yolu"
    },
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      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "公园大道"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parkweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pargitee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "promenade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausfallstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Parkweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strada panoramica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "公園道路"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "こうえんどうろ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gong'won doro",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "공원 도로"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "via pública"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "promenadă"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruta verde"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:Roads"
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    },
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        "1": "generally true, though the first one in Britain, Bristol Parkway railway station, was named for being near the M32 motorway, alternatively named \"Parkway\""
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        "en:Rail transportation"
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        "A railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange."
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        "(rail transport, British, Australia) A railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange."
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/En-au-parkway.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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    "Bristol Parkway railway station"
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}

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