avenue

 
Pronunciation: /ˈav(ə)njuː/

noun

  • 1a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides: tree-lined avenues surround the hotel [in names]: Shaftesbury Avenue
  • [in names] North American a thoroughfare running at right angles to the streets in a city laid out on a grid pattern: 7th Avenue
  • British a tree-lined approach to a country house or similar building: an avenue of limes
  • 2a way of approaching a problem or making progress towards something: three possible avenues of research suggested themselves

Origin:

early 17th century (in avenue (sense 2)): from French, feminine past participle of avenir 'arrive, approach', from Latin advenire, from ad- 'towards' + venire 'come'