📚 noun • entry_id 11936
city block
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuadra • manzana
The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
The store is huge, occupying an entire city block.
cuadra
The distance from one urban street to the next, or an approximately comparable distance.
Go along that road for about a city block, and you should see an old barn.
In Lawrence, a mile is generally 12 city blocks east-west or 8 blocks north-south.
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