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prospekt

prospekt noun: in Russia, a broad, multilane and very long straight street in urban areas, which serves as an arterial road.

prospekt: in Russia, a broad, multilane and very long straight street in urban areas, which serves as an...
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Noun

prospekt (plural prospekts or prospekty)

  1. In Russia, a broad, multilane and very long straight street in urban areas, which serves as an arterial road.
    • It is not a fashionable quarter, but it contains wide Prospekts, bordered by good houses, as well as some important public buildings, amongst which are the Exchange and the University.1874, [Maria] Guthrie, chapter III, in Through Russia: From St. Petersburg to Astrakhan and the Crimea, volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], →OCLC, pages 65–66
    • Converging towards the central spire of the Admiralty, are the three prospekts of which mention has been made, their length being reckoned by miles.1884, “Journey from St. Petersburg”, in John Croumbie Brown, compiler, Forestry in the Mining Districts of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Russia, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, […]; […], →OCLC, part I...

Examples of prospekt in a sentence

  • They are classed as prospekts, oulitzi, and perouloks or cross streets, but even the perouloks would be broad streets in most of the older European towns.1885, Augustus J[ohn] C[uthbert] Hare, “S. Petersburg”, in Studies in Russia, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 36:
  • At No. 17, on the other side of the prospekt, is a building that was once the palace of Count Stroganov.1959, P[avel] Kann, translated by Robert Daglish, “Nevsky Prospekt”, in Leningrad: A Short Guide, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing...
  • The territory is crossed by highways with heavy traffic: the Entuziastov highway, Volgogradskii, and Ryazanskii prospekty, and the railways to Kursk and Kazan.1999, N. N. Ladonina, D. V. Ladonin, E. M. Naumov, V. A. Bol’shakov, “Contamination of Soils and Herbaceous Vegetation by Heavy Metals in...

Forms of prospekt

pluralprospekts
pluralprospekty

Origin of prospekt

From Russian проспе́кт (prospékt). Doublet of prospect and prospectus.

Questions about prospekt

What does prospekt mean?
Prospekt means in Russia, a broad, multilane and very long straight street in urban areas, which serves as an arterial road.
How do you use prospekt in a sentence?
They are classed as prospekts, oulitzi, and perouloks or cross streets, but even the perouloks would be broad streets in most of the older European towns.
What part of speech is prospekt?
Prospekt is a noun.
What is the plural of prospekt?
The plural of prospekt is prospekts.

Words near prospekt in the dictionary

  1. prospectors
  2. prospects
  3. prospectus
  4. prospectuses
  5. prospectusless
  6. prospekt
  7. prospekts
  8. prospekty
  9. prosper
  10. prospered
  11. prosperer

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