"Roman road" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Roman roads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Roman road (plural Roman roads)
  1. (historical) Any of many roads built in Europe, including Britain, by the Ancient Romans, many of which survive in various forms. Wikipedia link: Roman road Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Roads Translations (road built by the Romans): rruga romake [feminine] (Albanian), طَرِيق رُومَانِيَّة (ṭarīq rūmāniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), հռոմեական ճանապարհ (hṙomeakan čanaparh) (Armenian), erromatar galtzada (Basque), рымская дарога (rymskaja daróha) [feminine] (Belarusian), римски път (rimski pǎt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), via romana [feminine] (Catalan), 羅馬道路 (Chinese Mandarin), 罗马道路 (Luómǎ dàolù) (Chinese Mandarin), Římská cesta [feminine] (Czech), romervej [common-gender] (Danish), heerweg [masculine] (Dutch), heirbaan [feminine] (Dutch), heerstraat [feminine] (Dutch), romia vojo (Esperanto), Rooma tee (Estonian), roomalainen tie (Finnish), roomalaistie (Finnish), voie romaine [feminine] (French), via romana [feminine] (Galician), რომული გზა (romuli gza) (Georgian), Römerstraße [feminine] (German), Ρωμαϊκή οδός (Romaïkí odós) [masculine] (Greek), הדרך הרומאית (ha-derekh ha-romait) [feminine] (Hebrew), római út (Hungarian), bóthar Rómhánach [masculine] (Irish), strada romana [feminine] (Italian), ローマ街道 (Rōma kaidō) (Japanese), 로마의 도로 (romaui doro) (Korean), romiešu ceļš [masculine] (Latvian), romėnų kelias [masculine] (Lithuanian), римски пат (rimski pat) [masculine] (Macedonian), romervei [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), romarveg [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), خیابان رومی (xiyâbân-e rumi) (Persian), droga rzymska [feminine] (Polish), estrada romana [feminine] (Portuguese), drum roman [neuter] (Romanian), ри́мская доро́га (rímskaja doróga) [feminine] (Russian), Римска путева [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Rimska puteva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Rímska cesta [feminine] (Slovak), Rimska cesta [feminine] (Slovene), calzada romana [feminine] (Spanish), romersk väg [common-gender] (Swedish), antik Roma yol (Turkish), римська дорога (rymsʹka doroha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), đường La Mã (Vietnamese), ffordd Rufeinig [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rimski pat",
          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xiyâbân-e rumi",
          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
          "word": "خیابان رومی"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "droga rzymska"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "Римска путева"
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          "word": "Rimska puteva"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Rímska cesta"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "calzada romana"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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          "word": "romersk väg"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
          "word": "antik Roma yol"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rymsʹka doroha",
          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "римська дорога"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
          "word": "đường La Mã"
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          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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        "feminine"
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      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "strada romana"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "romaui doro",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "word": "로마의 도로"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "римски пат"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romervei"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romarveg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xiyâbân-e rumi",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "word": "خیابان رومی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "droga rzymska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrada romana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "drum roman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rímskaja doróga",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ри́мская доро́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Римска путева"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rimska puteva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rímska cesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rimska cesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calzada romana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "romersk väg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "word": "antik Roma yol"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rymsʹka doroha",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "римська дорога"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "word": "đường La Mã"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "road built by the Romans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffordd Rufeinig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Roman road"
}

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