Crossroads

A crossroads (the word rarely appears in singular) is another word for road junction, where two or more roads meet (there are three or more arms). It is also an alternate name for a hamlet located at such a junction. The word is more often used as an abstraction of places or occasions where people meet. The Latin word trivia (literally "three roads") is a place where three roads meet, and has given name to the kind of smalltalk that often occurs at such places.

Related Topics:
Road junction - Road - Hamlet - Latin - Trivia

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• Crossroads was a British soap opera produced by ATV, Central Television, and later Carlton Television, from 1964 to 1988 and again from 2001 to 2003.
• The Crossroads Centre in Antigua is a nonprofit drug rehab centre founded by Eric Clapton.
• Crossroads is a 2002 Hollywood movie featuring Britney Spears.
• Crossroads is a 1986 cult film featuring a cameo performance from guitarist Steve Vai as the devil's guitar player, Jack Butler.
• The song "Crossroads" (adapted from Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues") was a major hit for Cream.
• Crossroads opened in 1999, is Mumbai's first-ever shopping mall constructed in the heart of the city at Tardeo, Haji Ali.
• Crossroads has also been used as the title of various music albums, among others by Ry Cooder, and Eric Clapton.
• There are several schools known as Crossroads School.
• The Crossroads Movement was a Christian restorationist movement that gave rise to the International Churches of Christ.

:See also: Cross Roads

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