back street

See also: backstreet

English

Noun

back street (plural back streets)

A back street path in Zambia (1)

1. A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.
2. A secret, clandestine or illegal scene.

Antonyms

• main street

Derived terms

• back-street abortion

Translations

small and narrow street

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 背街 (bèijiē)

• Danish: baggade c
• Dutch: achterafstraat (nl), achterafstraatje (nl) n
• Finnish: sivukatu
• German: Seitengasse (de) f
• Irish: cúlsráid f
• Japanese: 裏通り (ja) (うらどおり, uradōri)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bakgate m or f

  Nynorsk: bakgate f

• Russian: закоу́лок (ru) m (zakoúlok), глуха́я у́лица f (gluxája úlica), задво́рки (ru) f (zadvórki)
• Spanish: callejuela (es) f, callejón (es) m
• Swedish: bakgata (sv) c, gränd (sv) c
• Welsh: stryd gefn