Meaning and background
The story behind Broadway
Broadway refers most famously to the New York thoroughfare associated with theatres, musicals and the American stage. Although the compound can be read literally as ‘broad way’, that is different from the well-established cultural use of the proper name. As a dog name Broadway is a deliberately long two-beat call, with the second part familiar from many English place names.
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About Broadway
Recorded as a dog’s name
Broadway appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/bɹɔdweɪ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/bɹɔdweɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1B R AO1 D W EY2
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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