the highways and byways



the highways and byways

  (literary)
the highways and byways of a place are its roads and paths (usually + of ) They travelled the highways and byways of Britain to find people who could still sing the old traditional folksongs.
See also: and, byway, highway

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BensonBEN-sənEnglish
Ceciliasə-SEE-lee-ə (English), sə-SEEL-yə (English), che-CHEE-lyah (Italian), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish), se-SEE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), se-SEEL-yah (Danish, Norwegian), SE-see-lee-ah (Finnish)English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German
Ibtisam-Arabic
DavieDAY-vee (English)English, Scottish
Tsvetanka-Bulgarian
Alkibiades-Ancient Greek