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A street or road name or odonym is an identifying name given to a street. The street name usually forms part of the address . Buildings are often given numbers along the street to further help identify them. Names are often given in a two-part form: an individual name known as the specific, and an indicator of the type of street, known as the generic. Examples are Main Road, Fleet Street and Park Avenue. The type of street stated, however, can sometimes be misleading: a street named Park Avenue need not have the characteristics of an avenue in the generic sense. Some street names have only one element, such as The Mall or The Beeches. A street name can also include a direction especially in cities with a grid-numbering system. Examples include E Roosevelt Boulevard and 14th Street NW. These directions are often used to differentiate two sections of a street. Other qualifiers may be used for that purpose as well. Examples: upper/lower, old/new, or adding extension. Main Street and High Street are common names for the major street in the middle of a shopping area in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. The most common street name in the US is 2nd or Second.
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