"arterial road" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: arterial roads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} arterial road (plural arterial roads)
  1. A major thoroughfare, particularly one used to provide a large capacity for travelling some distance. (In American English, such roads are often classified as highways (either secondary highways or limited-access highways). Synonyms: arterial, arterial route, arterial street Coordinate_terms (often overlapping in meaning): stroad, urban boulevard Translations (A major thoroughfare): Hauptverkehrsstraße [feminine] (German), Ausfallstraße [feminine] (German), jalan arteri (Indonesian), jalan besar (Indonesian), arteria [feminine] (Polish), via arterial [feminine] (Portuguese), calle arterial [feminine] (Spanish), trafikpulsåder [common-gender] (Swedish), priffordd [feminine] (Welsh), ffordd brifwythiennol [feminine] (Welsh)

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