avenue, advenue

[Fr. avenue, from avenir = to come. In Sp. & Port. avenida; Lat. advenio = to come to: ad = to, and venio = to come.] A road or opening of any kind leading to a house, a city, . "All the avenues leading to the city by land were closely guarded."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch ch. xii. Spec.: An alley bordered by rows of trees, whether leading to a house or not. "The roads were bordered by hedges of Mimosa, and near many of the houses there were avenues of the mango."-Darwin: Voyage round the World , ch. xxi A fine broad street. (Originally American, but coming into use in England.)