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A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: main street, thoroughfare, arterial road, highway
A secret, clandestine, or illegal scene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: mean streets
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mean streets
Antonyms: none provided
a narrow street with walls on both sides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alley, alleyway
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: street
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
глуха улица
(gluha ulica)
— small and narrow street
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Chinese Mandarin:
背街
(bèijiē)
— small and narrow street
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Danish:
baggade
— small and narrow street
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Dutch:
achterafstraat
— small and narrow street
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Dutch:
achterafstraatje
— small and narrow street
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Finnish:
sivukatu
— small and narrow street
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German:
Seitengasse
— small and narrow street
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Irish:
cúlsráid
— small and narrow street
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Japanese:
裏通り
(uradōri)
— small and narrow street
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bakgate
— small and narrow street
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
bakgate
— small and narrow street
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Russian:
закоу́лок
(zakoúlok)
— small and narrow street
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Russian:
глуха́я у́лица
(gluxája úlica)
— small and narrow street
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Russian:
задво́рки
(zadvórki)
— small and narrow street
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Spanish:
callejuela
— small and narrow street
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Spanish:
callejón
— small and narrow street
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Swedish:
bakgata
— small and narrow street
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Swedish:
gränd
— small and narrow street
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Welsh:
stryd gefn
— small and narrow street