Acacia Avenue
Acacia Avenue proper noun: a placeholder name for a residential street.
Proper noun
Acacia Avenue
- A placeholder name for a residential street.
- To Paul Hubbard of 11 Acacia Avenue, Anytown, Anyshire I give the residue of my estate.2011 February 14, Julian Knight, Wills, Probate, and Inheritance Tax For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 284
- An archetypal middle-class suburban residential street.
- In company lines intricate fences have sprung up around fantastic gardens. The officers' lines have begun to acquire an “Acacia Avenue” aspect.1948, Alon Kadish, quoting Lt. Whidborne, The British Army in Palestine and the 1948 War: Containment, Withdrawal and Evacuation, Routledge, →ISBN
- Nor, however, is the 'bourgeois' the Acacia Avenue accountant with two children in boarding-school education.2004 January 1, David A. Reisman, Schumpeter's Market: Enterprise and Evolution, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 107
Origin of Acacia Avenue
acacia (“A flowering shrub often grown ornamentally”) + avenue (“a broad tree-lined street”). Streets named after trees are common on planned housing estates. Many streets with this name exist in various towns and cities.
Questions about Acacia Avenue
- What does Acacia Avenue mean?
- Acacia Avenue means a placeholder name for a residential street.
- What part of speech is Acacia Avenue?
- Acacia Avenue is a proper noun.
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