Fifth Avenue
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- proper noun
- /ˈfɪfθ ˈævəˌnju/
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Quinta Avenida (Nueva York)
- Many tourists visit the upscale shops along Fifth Avenue every day.
- Fifth Avenue at 66th Street
- 291 Fifth Avenue
Examples
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The annual parade marched down Fifth Avenue, attracting crowds from all over the city.
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I called on him soon afterward at the magazine's offices on Fifth Avenue, near Twenty-Sixth Street.
Academic text (2002) -
Of course, we'll have to take the Fifth Avenue apartment.
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Now, Thomas lived on Fifth Avenue.
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I took the bus down Fifth Avenue and only went back for holidays.
Fiction book (1994) -
You know those art galleries on Fifth Avenue?
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You get them in fancy department stores or shops on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Fiction book (1993) -
Even the most famous American poet could walk down Fifth Avenue in sunlight and not be known.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's at 64th Street and Fifth Avenue.
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You think we'd do any better on Fifth Avenue?
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is transparently composed from 'fifth' (ordinal) + 'avenue' (a broad street), so a learner who knows those words will understand it denotes the avenue that is fifth in order. The specific cultural knowledge that it refers to a famous Manhattan shopping street is extra world knowledge but not required to derive the basic meaning, and ordinal+noun naming patterns are cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Fifth Avenue is the name of a real, famous street in New York City, lined with luxury shops, grand buildings, and places for big parades. That's why when people say 'Fifth Avenue' they often mean 'a very expensive or important shopping street' or the busy centre of the city.