<p>In PHP I can name my array indices so that I may have something like:</p>

<pre><code>$shows = Array(0 =&gt; Array('id' =&gt; 1, 'name' =&gt; 'Sesame Street'), 
               1 =&gt; Array('id' =&gt; 2, 'name' =&gt; 'Dora The Explorer'));
</code></pre>

<p>Is this possible in Python?</p>

Yes,
```
```
a = {"id": 1, "name":"Sesame Street"}
```
```