What do you call the light poles in the streets in the UK and in the US: street light or lamp post?
Are the two terms interchangeable where you live, or do they have different meanings? Thank you :)

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In the US, a lamp post is a kind of street light that is found in the old sections of old cities. They're not common.

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Thank you so much :)

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I think lamp posts are a remnant when they actually put candles up there a couple hundred years ago. Like a couple other users have mentioned, in North America street light is the most common although I would understand lamp post too.

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I live in Canada and we use street light as well. But as Paula's comment indicates, anyone would understand either term.

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Honestly they are fairly interchangeable and anyone will know what you mean, that being said street light sounds slightly more natural in the US.

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