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Definition for: railway

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɹeɪlweɪ/

Noun

Singular
railway

Plural
railways

railway ( plural railways )

  1. track with parallel rails laid for wheeled vehicles to run on; or a transport system using these rails used to move passengers or goods.

Synonyms

Translations

  • Chinese: 铁路
  • Dutch: spoorweg
  • Esperanto: Fervojo
  • Finnish: rautatie sg , rautatiet pl
  • French: chemin de fer
  • Frisian: spoarwei
  • German: Bahn f , Eisenbahn f
  • Greek: σιδηρόδρομος m
  • Hebrew: רכבת
  • Irish: iarnród
  • Indonesian: kereta api
  • Interlingua: ferrovia
  • Italian: ferrovia
  • Japanese: 鉄道 (てつどう, tetsudō)
  • Latvian: dzelzceļš m .
  • Norwegian: jernbane
  • Portuguese: ferrovia, estrada de ferro, caminho-de-ferro m (Portugal)
  • Romanian: cale ferata f , sg , cai ferate pl
  • Russian: железная дорога f
  • Spanish: ferrovia
  • Swedish: järnväg
  • Veps: raudte
  • Volapük: ferodarutaveg

See also

  • streetcar
  • monorail

Other Translations for "railway"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Coderailway
Hex72 e1 69 6c 77 e1 f9
Pig Latinailwayray

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