‖ Prospekt
(ˈprɒspɛkt)
Also with small initial.
[a. Russ. prospékt.]
In the Soviet Union: a long, wide street; an avenue, a boulevard. Esp. used of the great avenues of Leningrad, e.g. Nevsky Prospekt. Cf. prospect n. 3 b.
| 1866 Chamber's Encycl. VIII. 427/2 About ten of the other streets of the city [sc. St. Petersburg] are distinguished for their grandeur, though none of them equals the Nevski Prospekt. 1966 L. Deighton Billion-Dollar Brain xxvi. 274 There were signs of a thaw. All along the Prospekt the huge drainpipes were groaning. 1979 O. Sela Petrograd Consignment 105 Petrograd..was a tedious panorama of featureless white. Sleds slipped noiselessly along the prospekts. |