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boulevard
Sign in to saveA boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway or wide road in a commercial district.
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- Instance of
- road type
- Subclass of
- road
- Image
- Queens Boulevard west of Yellowstone Boulevard.jpg
- Said to be same as
- prospekt
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- Commons category
- Boulevards
- short name
- AL
- topic's main category
- Category:Boulevards
- different from
- avenue
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A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway or wide road in a commercial district.
In Europe, boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls.
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