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People

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woman A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...
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Broad (surname) Broad is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Scott Broad (1854–1929) South Australian artist * C. D. Broad (1887–1971), English philosopher known for works such as ''Scientific Thought'' (1930) and ''Examination of Mc ...
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Places

* Broad Peak, on the border between Pakistan and China, the 12th highest mountain on Earth * The Broads, a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, United Kingdom **The Broads include several areas of navigable water known as Broads; the largest is
Hickling Broad Hickling Broad is a nature reserve 4 km south-east of Stalham, north-east of Norwich in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. It is a National Nature Reserve and part of the Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes Site of Special ...
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The Broads (New Hampshire) Lake Winnipesaukee () is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, located in the Lakes Region (New Hampshire), Lakes Region at the foothills of the White Mountains (New Hampshire), White Mountains. It is approximately long (northwes ...
, a wide portion of Lake Winnipesaukee in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States * Broad Bay (disambiguation) * Broad Canal, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States *
Broad Channel Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies the southern portion of Rulers Bar Hassock (known colloquially as "Broad Channel Island"), the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay. The ...
, a neighborhood in Queens, United States * Broad Crag, a fell in the English Lake District, United Kingdom * Broad Creek (disambiguation) *
Broad River (disambiguation) Broad River may refer to several rivers: Canada: *Broad River (Manitoba), a tributary of Hudson Bay Jamaica: *Broad River (Jamaica) United States: *Broad River (Carolinas), a tributary of the Congaree River *Broad River (Georgia) *Broad River (So ...
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Broad Run (disambiguation) Broad Run may refer to a place in the United States: ;Streams * Broad Run (Little Muncy Creek), in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania * Broad Run (Loudoun County, Virginia), a tributary of the Potomac River * Broad Run (Maryland), a tributary of the Pot ...
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Broad Sound (disambiguation) Broad Sound can refer to: *Broad Sound (Queensland), on the Australian coast *Broad Sound (Maine) Broad Sound is a passage north from Casco Bay through the islands northwest of Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of ...
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Broad Valley Broad Valley () is a descriptive name for the broad glacier-filled valley on the south side of Laclavere Plateau, Trinity Peninsula. The name was suggested by V.I. Russell of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Surv ...
, Graham Land, Antarctica * Broad Water, a salt water lagoon near Tywyn, Wales, United Kingdom *
Tixall Wide Tixall Wide, also known as Tixall Broad or The Broad Water, is a body of water that forms part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Tixall in Staffordshire, England, to the south of the former Tixall Hall. The lake was probably ...
, also known as The Broad Water, a body of water in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom


Other uses

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Broad Avenue Broad Avenue is a street and arts district in Memphis, Tennessee, known for its transformation from a collection of vacant storefronts to a vibrant arts district in less than a decade. History Broad Avenue was originally the main street of Bin ...
, a street and arts district in Memphis, Tennessee * Broad Street (disambiguation) * Broad Group, a manufacturing company based in Changsha * Broad (British coin), an English gold coin minted under the Commonwealth *
Broad Institute The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (IPA: , pronunciation respelling: ), often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U ...
, a genomic research institute * an 18th-century slang term for a
playing card A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a fi ...
* The Broad, a modern art museum in Los Angeles, California * The Broad (folk custom), a hooded-animal tradition in the Cotswolds, England


See also

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Broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...
, rail gauge greater than the standard gauge of 4′ 8½″ * Broad church, Latitudinarian churchmanship in the Church of England * Broad Front (disambiguation) *
Broad Wall (Jerusalem) The Broad Wall ( ''HaChoma HaRechava'') is an ancient defensive wall, located in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. The wall was unearthed in the 1970s by Israeli archaeologist Nahman Avigad and dated to the reign of King Hezekiah (l ...
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Broad Dyke Broad Dyke is an original dyke in the United States built by the Dutch in 1655 in New Castle, Delaware. It is the center of the twelve mile circle that forms the arc that marks the northern state line (between Delaware and Pennsylvania Penn ...
, built by the Dutch in 1655 in New Castle, Delaware {{disambiguation, geo