How do you pronounce wall street?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɔl ˌstɹit/.

wall street

Q: Where does wall street come from?

From wall + street. The term is the name of a street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A., where the palisade of New Amsterdam was once located. The street is known for the many major U.S. financial institutions located there.

/ˈwɔl ˌstɹit/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: wal-l street
IPA: /ˈwɔl ˌstɹit/

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Meaning

name

American financial institutions or financial markets as a whole; (by extension) big-business interests.

name

The street that traditionally has been a principal locus for those entities and whose name is metonymically extended to refer to them.

Example Sentences

"The causes of income stagnation are varied and lack the political simplicity of calls to bring down the deficit or avert another Wall Street meltdown."
"Holonyms: Manhattan < New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World"

Etymology

From wall + street. The term is the name of a street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A., where the palisade of New Amsterdam was once located. The street is known for the many major U.S. financial institutions located there.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɔl ˌstɹit/
British English: /ˈwɔːl stɹiːt/

Phrases

Black Wall Street Wall Streeter Wall Streetese Wall Streety wolf of Wall Street

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

the Street

Antonyms

Main Street