"floodway" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "flood + way",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "floodways",
      "tags": [
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      "expansion": "floodway (plural floodways)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "2009 March 30, Kirk Johnson, “Permanent Flood Solutions Just Out of Reach for Fargo”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Since 2005 the governments of Manitoba and Canada have spent $665 million to double the capacity of the floodway and to reinforce bridges, control gates and dikes.",
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        "An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected."
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  "word": "floodway"
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    {
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        "2": "flood",
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      "expansion": "flood + way",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "flood + way",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2009 March 30, Kirk Johnson, “Permanent Flood Solutions Just Out of Reach for Fargo”, in New York Times",
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        "An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected."
      ],
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  "word": "floodway"
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