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Avenue Charles de Gaulle

Avenue Charles de Gaulle is one of the main streets and principal commercial avenue of N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, which is named after former French president Charles de Gaulle.


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Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo

His name was also given to Rollo Street in what was to be the British capital of Dominica at Portsmouth, and this street name still survives.

Cannery Row

The street name, formerly a nickname for Ocean View Avenue, became official in January 1958 to honor John Steinbeck and his well-known novel Cannery Row.

Metropolitan Borough of Kensington

A number of street name plaques still bear the designation "Royal Borough of Kensington." Indeed in the 1971 Disney classic, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the sign for Portobello Road is shown fleetingly.

North Carolina Highway 411

Passing through rural Sampson County on a road with the street name Harrells Highway, NC 411 passes the western terminus of North Carolina Highway 903 and enters the town of Garland.

Obed Macy and Oscar Macy

On that occasion the plea was successful, and the Macy Street name was retained, but in May 1993 the City Council unanimously decided to change the name of a portion of Sunset Boulevard and all of Macy Street and Brooklyn Avenue to a new appellation—Cesar Chavez Avenue, in honor of the late labor leader.

Sheffield Avenue

The street continues northward from that intersection as North Sheridan Road, a street name that is maintained northward all the way to Racine, Wisconsin.

St. Clare's Monastery, Copenhagen

The monastic buildings then came into use as a mint, which after its decommissioning became known as the Old Mint, giving rise to the present day street name Gammel Mønt at the site.