Broadmeadows

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A northern suburb of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria, located in the City of Hume
2. A residential district in the north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, within the municipality of Hume
3. An outer northern suburb of the Victorian capital Melbourne, situated in Australia's state of Victoria

Etymology: Meadow and mow share a root. The Old English "mǣd" named grassland kept for cutting hay, and the verb "mowan" comes from the same source, so a meadow was defined by the scythe as much as by its grass. "Broad" descends from Old English "brād", meaning wide or spacious. Broadmeadows is therefore a transparent English compound: a wide expanse of meadow. The name describes the open grassland that the place offered, and the suburb keeps that plain description as its name.