nickelodeon n : a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin [syn: jukebox]

English

Etymology

From nickel, a five cent coin, and odeon, which is greek for a special type of building.

Noun

1. An American jukebox operated by nickels.

Nickelodeon may refer to:

• Nickelodeon movie theater, an early 20th century form of small, neighborhood movie theaters.
• Nickelodeon (film), a 1976 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
• Nickelodeon (TV channel), a cable TV network whose demographic is primarily children and pre-adolescents in the United States. Its spinoffs include:
  • Nickelodeon Magazine
  • Nickelodeon Universe, a Nickelodeon-themed amusement park inside the Mall of America
  • Nickelodeon Movies
  • Nickelodeon Latin America, a satellite/cable TV station for children in Latin America.
  • Nickelodeon Brazil
  • Nickelodeon Australia
  • Nickelodeon South East Asia
  • Nickelodeon (Netherlands), the Dutch version of Nickelodeon for Children in the Netherlands.
  • Nickelodeon UK, a satellite/cable TV station for children in the United Kingdom.
  • Nickelodeon Germany, the German version of Nickelodeon for Children in Germany.
  • Nickelodeon (Japan)
  • Nickelodeon New Zealand
  • Nickelodeon (Russia)
  • Nickelodeon Scandinavia
  • Nickelodeon Studios
• A player piano, or a cabinet containing an automatic record player where records are played by inserting a coin (a nickel = a five-cent coin; odeon, Greek oideion, was a building for musical performances).

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