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Madison Avenue

Madison Avenue proper noun: the American advertising industry, regardless of location.

Proper noun

Madison Avenue

  1. (US, metonymically) The American advertising industry, regardless of location.
    • Maligned by rockers, misunderstood by critics, and merched by Madison Avenue, rave may be the only vital youth culture remaining.1995, SPIN, volume 11, number 1, page 10
  2. An avenue in Manhattan, New York, that traditionally has been a principal locus for that industry and whose name is metonymically extended to refer to it.
    • Holonyms: Manhattan < New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World

Origin of Madison Avenue

From Madison Avenue, a north–south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, where advertising boomed in the 1920s.

Questions about Madison Avenue

What does Madison Avenue mean?
Madison Avenue means the American advertising industry, regardless of location.
What part of speech is Madison Avenue?
Madison Avenue is a proper noun.

Words near Madison Avenue in the dictionary

  1. madindoline
  2. madindolines
  3. Madingley
  4. Madioen
  5. madison
  6. Madison Avenue
  7. Madison County
  8. Madison Parish
  9. Madisonian
  10. Madisonians
  11. madisons

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