"Golden Arches" meaning in All languages combined

See Golden Arches on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the large yellow plastic logo of the letter M, from the design of the first restaurants, which incorporated large yellow arches. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Golden Arches}} Golden Arches
  1. A McDonald's restaurant. Categories (topical): McDonald's
    Sense id: en-Golden_Arches-en-name-3tXuXpsQ Disambiguation of McDonald's: 53 47
  2. (by extension) The McDonald's company, or the fast food industry in general. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): McDonald's
    Sense id: en-Golden_Arches-en-name-6KsDpTtc Disambiguation of McDonald's: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: golden arches Related terms: Maccas [Australian], McDonaldization, McJob, McWorld, Mickey D, Mickey D's

Alternative forms

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