What does PARKWAY mean?
Definitions for PARKWAY
ˈpɑrkˌweɪpark·way
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word PARKWAY.
Princeton's WordNet
drive, parkwaynoun
a wide scenic road planted with trees
"the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"
Wiktionary
parkwaynoun
a road, a thoroughfare
parkwaynoun
a scenic freeway
parkway
a divided highway with a landscaped median
parkwaynoun
a railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange.
Wikipedia
Parkway
A parkway is a landscaped thoroughfare. The term is particularly used for a roadway in a park or connecting to a park from which trucks and other heavy vehicles are excluded.Over the years, many different types of roads have been labeled parkways. The term may be used to describe city streets as narrow as 2 lanes with a landscaped median, wide landscaped setbacks, or both. The term has also been applied to scenic highways and to limited-access roads more generally. Many parkways originally intended for scenic, recreational driving have evolved into major urban and commuter routes.
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parkway
A parkway is a type of broad, landscaped highway or road, often divided, meant for non-commercial, recreational or scenic driving. They are typically decorated with trees, gardens, or other greenery, and may have designated picnic or park areas. They often prohibit heavy trucks or commercial vehicles to provide a more enjoyable driving experience. The name implies that the route is more scenic and slower paced compared to a freeway or motorway.
Wikidata
Parkway
The term parkway has several distinct principal meanings and numerous synonyms around the world, for either a type of landscaped area or a type of road. ⁕Type of landscaped area: The central area, often landscaped, which separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided streets, roads, and limited-access highways. Also known as a median in, central reservation in, median strip in, or central nature strip in Australia. ⁕Types of a road: ⁕A divided limited-access road with grade separated interchanges. Also known as an expressway, freeway, and interstate highway in North American English; motorway, expressway and dual carriageway in Britain; Autobahn in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and Autostrada in Italy, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Albania, Belgium, Egypt, Lebanon and Israel. ⁕A broad landscaped highway thoroughfare, or a roadway in a park or a landscaped thoroughfare connecting parks from which trucks and other heavy vehicles are excluded. ⁕Type of railway station: A railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PARKWAY in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PARKWAY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of PARKWAY in a Sentence
People were getting out of their cars both in the service area and on both sides of the parkway.
Newhall Units were able to locate the vehicle on the northbound I-5 around Magic Mountain Parkway, we attempted to pull the vehicle over and a pursuit was initiated.
Why is the place you drive on is a parkway, and the place you park on is the driveway?
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- parkwayDanish
- parkwaySpanish
- promenadeFrench
- parkwayIndonesian
- vialeItalian
- parkwayDutch
- parkwayPolish
- parkwayPortuguese
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