"motorway" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈməʊtəweɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motorway.wav [Southern-England] Forms: motorways [plural]
Etymology: motor + way Etymology templates: {{compound|en|motor|way}} motor + way Head templates: {{en-noun}} motorway (plural motorways)
  1. (UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: freeway (english: in parts of Australia, Canada and the U.S.), expressway, highway, autoroute (english: chiefly in Quebec and France) Translations (highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic): snelweg (Afrikaans), autostradë [feminine] (Albanian), أُوتُوسْتْرَاد (ʔutustrād) [masculine] (Arabic), طَرِيق سَرِيع (ṭarīq sarīʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), ավտոմայրուղի (avtomayruġi) (Armenian), avtomagistral (Azerbaijani), avtomaqistral (Azerbaijani), avtostrada (Azerbaijani), autobide (Basque), аўтамагістра́ль (aŭtamahistrálʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), ফ্রিওয়ে (phriōẇe) (Bengali), а́втомагистра́ла (ávtomagistrála) [feminine] (Bulgarian), autopista (Catalan), autovia [feminine] (Catalan), 高速公路 (gāosù gōnglù) (Chinese Mandarin), dálnice [feminine] (Czech), motorvej [common-gender] (Danish), snelweg (Dutch), autosnelweg (Dutch), aŭtovojo (Esperanto), maantee (Estonian), autopista (Extremaduran), moottoritie (Finnish), autoroute [feminine] (French), autoestrada [feminine] (Galician), ავტომაგისტრალი (avṭomagisṭrali) (Georgian), ავტოსტრადა (avṭosṭrada) (Georgian), Autobahn (German), Kraftfahrstraße (German), autobahn [Alemannic-German] (German), αυτοκινητόδρομος υπερταχείας κυκλοφορίας (aftokinitódromos ypertacheías kykloforías) [masculine] (Greek), δρόμος χωρίς διόδια (drómos chorís diódia) [masculine] (Greek), फ़्रीवे (frīve) (Hindi), autópálya (Hungarian), hraðbraut [feminine] (Icelandic), jalan bebas hambatan terkendali (Indonesian), mótarbhealach [masculine] (Irish), autostrada [feminine] (Italian), 高速道路 (kōsoku dōro) (alt: こうそくどうろ) (Japanese), 自動車道 (jidōshadō) (Japanese), автомагистраль (avtomagistral) (Kazakh), автострада (avtostrada) (Kazakh), 고속도로 (gosokdoro) (Korean), автомагистраль (avtomagistral) (Kyrgyz), автострада (avtostrada) (Kyrgyz), ທາງດ່ວນ (thāng dūan) (Lao), autovia (Latin), automaģistrāle [feminine] (Latvian), autostrāde [feminine] (Latvian), automagistralė [feminine] (Lithuanian), autostrada [feminine] (Lithuanian), Autobunn [feminine] (Luxembourgish), автопат (avtopat) [masculine] (Macedonian), lebuh raya (Malay), motoroute (Narom), autostrada (Neapolitan), autoroute [feminine] (Norman), motoroute [feminine] (Norman), motorvei (Norwegian), motorvei (Norwegian Bokmål), motorveg (Norwegian Nynorsk), autorota (Occitan), آزادراه (âzâdrâh) (Persian), اتوبان (otobân) [German, especially] (Persian), autostrà (Piedmontese), autostrada [feminine] (Polish), autoestrada [feminine] (Portuguese), autostradă [feminine] (Romanian), автостра́да (avtostráda) [feminine] (Russian), автомагистра́ль (avtomagistrálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), автоба́н (avtobán) [masculine] (Russian), фри́вей (frívej) [masculine] (Russian), фриве́й (frivéj) [masculine] (Russian), магистра́ль (magistrálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), motorwey (Scots), аутоцѐста [Croatia, Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), а̀утопӯт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), autocèsta [Croatia, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), àutopūt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), autobana [feminine] (Silesian), diaľnica [feminine] (Slovak), avtocesta [feminine] (Slovene), autopista [feminine] (Spanish), autovía [feminine] (Spanish), motorväg (Swedish), автомагистрал (avtomagistral) (Tajik), автострада (avtostrada) (Tajik), ทางด่วน (taang-dùuan) (Thai), มอเตอร์เวย์ (mɔɔ-dtə̂ə-wee) (Thai), otoyol (Turkish), otoban [German, especially] (Turkish), awtomagistral (Turkmen), awtostrada (Turkmen), автостра́да (avtostráda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), автомагістра́ль (avtomahistrálʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), магістра́ль (mahistrálʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), автоба́н (avtobán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), avtomagistral (Uzbek), avtostrada (Uzbek), avtomagistral' (Veps), đường cao tốc (Vietnamese), đường ô tô chính (Vietnamese), đường trục ô tô (Vietnamese), otostråde (Walloon), otovoye [feminine] (Walloon), otorote [feminine] (Walloon), traffordd (Welsh), autodyk (West Frisian), אויטאָסטראַט (oytostrat) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-motorway-en-noun-lpeTsdJf Disambiguation of Roads: 73 27 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic': 89 11
  2. (chiefly US) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing. Tags: US Synonyms: (motor) speedway, motospeedway
    Sense id: en-motorway-en-noun-GUpRrjlK Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: managed motorway, orbital motorway, smart motorway

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          "ref": "2021 May 21, “Turkey opens last section of new highway connecting Asia to Europe”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Daily Sabah",
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          "roman": "ávtomagistrála",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "а́втомагистра́ла"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "autopista"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "autovia"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gāosù gōnglù",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "高速公路"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dálnice"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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          "word": "maantee"
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          "lang": "Extremaduran",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "autopista"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "moottoritie"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "autoroute"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "autoestrada"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "avṭomagisṭrali",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "ავტომაგისტრალი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "avṭosṭrada",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "ავტოსტრადა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "Autobahn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "Kraftfahrstraße"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "autobahn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aftokinitódromos ypertacheías kykloforías",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "αυτοκινητόδρομος υπερταχείας κυκλοφορίας"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "drómos chorís diódia",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δρόμος χωρίς διόδια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "frīve",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "फ़्रीवे"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "autópálya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hraðbraut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "jalan bebas hambatan terkendali"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mótarbhealach"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "autostrada"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "alt": "こうそくどうろ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōsoku dōro",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "高速道路"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jidōshadō",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "自動車道"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "avtomagistral",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "автомагистраль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "avtostrada",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "автострада"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gosokdoro",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "고속도로"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "avtomagistral",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "автомагистраль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "avtostrada",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "автострада"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "thāng dūan",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "ທາງດ່ວນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "autovia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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          "word": "automaģistrāle"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autostrāde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "automagistralė"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autostrada"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Autobunn"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автопат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "lebuh raya"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nrm",
          "lang": "Narom",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
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          "word": "autostrada"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autoroute"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "motoroute"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "motorveg"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "autorota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âzâdrâh",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "آزادراه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "otobân",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "German",
            "especially"
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          "word": "اتوبان"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autostrada"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autoestrada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtomagistrálʹ",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtobán",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "frívej",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фри́вей"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "frivéj",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фриве́й"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "magistrálʹ",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "магистра́ль"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sco",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "motorwey"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "Croatia",
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "аутоцѐста"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "а̀утопӯт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "Croatia",
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autocèsta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "àutopūt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "szl",
          "lang": "Silesian",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autobana"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diaľnica"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "avtocesta"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autopista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autovía"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Tajik",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "avtostrada",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "автострада"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "taang-dùuan",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "ทางด่วน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "roman": "mɔɔ-dtə̂ə-wee",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "มอเตอร์เวย์"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "otoyol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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          "word": "otoban"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "awtostrada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "roman": "avtostráda",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "автостра́да"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "avtomahistrálʹ",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "автомагістра́ль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mahistrálʹ",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "магістра́ль"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "avtobán",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автоба́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "avtomagistral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "avtostrada"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "vep",
          "lang": "Veps",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "avtomagistral'"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "đường cao tốc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "đường ô tô chính"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
          "word": "đường trục ô tô"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "yi",
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          "ref": "2020 July 13, Jeff Olson, “Race To Develop Automotive, Safety Technology Never Stops at IMS”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Indianapolis Motor Speedway, archived from the original on 2021-12-16",
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        "(chiefly US) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing."
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      "word": "managed motorway"
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      "word": "orbital motorway"
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          "ref": "1895 October, “Real Estate”, in California Banker's Magazine, page 429",
          "text": "All the R. R.'s of America will have to be furnished with a biking way and a motor way on each side of the rails.",
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          "ref": "1913 September 20, Good Roads, page 137",
          "text": "Work of constructing the Texas Motorway, a stone highway which when completed will extend from Fort Worth to Del Rio, Tex., a distance of 500 miles, has been commenced and a section between 18 and 20 miles long running out from Glenrose, the county seat of Somervell County, has been completed.",
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        {
          "ref": "1925 December, C. L. Norton, “Our Industrial Highways”, in Trade Winds, volume 4, number 10",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43",
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          "ref": "2001 June 12, Jim Brewer, John German, ..., “Geometric Design Practices for European Roads”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Office of International Programs, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Washington",
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          "ref": "2021 May 21, “Turkey opens last section of new highway connecting Asia to Europe”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Daily Sabah",
          "text": "An alternative transit route that bypasses the metropolis’ traffic-filled streets, the 400-kilometer (248.5-mile) North Marmara Motorway starts on the western side of Istanbul and ends in the eastern Marmara province of Sakarya.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 12, “Electric vehicle charging stations to be installed every 60 km on European motorways”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Brussels Times",
          "text": "Charging stations for electric vehicles must be placed along the main European motorways at least every 60 kilometres from 2026, the European Parliament decided on Tuesday.",
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          "english": "in parts of Australia, Canada and the U.S.",
          "word": "freeway"
        },
        {
          "word": "expressway"
        },
        {
          "word": "highway"
        },
        {
          "english": "chiefly in Quebec and France",
          "word": "autoroute"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK"
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      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 July 13, Jeff Olson, “Race To Develop Automotive, Safety Technology Never Stops at IMS”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Indianapolis Motor Speedway, archived from the original on 2021-12-16",
          "text": "The 9-degree banking you see in the Speedway’s four turns is believed to be the first intentionally banked motorway in the United States.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "racetrack",
          "racetrack"
        ],
        [
          "venue",
          "venue"
        ],
        [
          "auto racing",
          "auto racing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "(motor) speedway"
        },
        {
          "word": "motospeedway"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈməʊtəweɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "snelweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autostradë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔutustrād",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أُوتُوسْتْرَاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭarīq sarīʕ",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طَرِيق سَرِيع"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "avtomayruġi",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "ավտոմայրուղի"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "avtomagistral"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "avtomaqistral"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "avtostrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autobide"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aŭtamahistrálʹ",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аўтамагістра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "phriōẇe",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "ফ্রিওয়ে"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ávtomagistrála",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́втомагистра́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autopista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autovia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāosù gōnglù",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "高速公路"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dálnice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "motorvej"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "snelweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autosnelweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "aŭtovojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "maantee"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autopista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "moottoritie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autoroute"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autoestrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "avṭomagisṭrali",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "ავტომაგისტრალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "avṭosṭrada",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "ავტოსტრადა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "Autobahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "Kraftfahrstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "autobahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aftokinitódromos ypertacheías kykloforías",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αυτοκινητόδρομος υπερταχείας κυκλοφορίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "drómos chorís diódia",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δρόμος χωρίς διόδια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "frīve",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "फ़्रीवे"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autópálya"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hraðbraut"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "jalan bebas hambatan terkendali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mótarbhealach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autostrada"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうそくどうろ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōsoku dōro",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "高速道路"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jidōshadō",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "自動車道"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "avtomagistral",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "автомагистраль"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "avtostrada",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "автострада"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gosokdoro",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "고속도로"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "avtomagistral",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "автомагистраль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "avtostrada",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "автострада"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thāng dūan",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "ທາງດ່ວນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autovia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "automaģistrāle"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autostrāde"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "automagistralė"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autostrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Autobunn"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avtopat",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автопат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "lebuh raya"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrm",
      "lang": "Narom",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "motoroute"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autostrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autoroute"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "motoroute"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "motorvei"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "motorvei"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "motorveg"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autorota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âzâdrâh",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "آزادراه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "otobân",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "German",
        "especially"
      ],
      "word": "اتوبان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autostrà"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autostrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autoestrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autostradă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtostráda",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автостра́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtomagistrálʹ",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автомагистра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtobán",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автоба́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "frívej",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фри́вей"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "frivéj",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фриве́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "magistrálʹ",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "магистра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "motorwey"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аутоцѐста"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а̀утопӯт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autocèsta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àutopūt"
    },
    {
      "code": "szl",
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autobana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diaľnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avtocesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autopista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autovía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "motorväg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "avtomagistral",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "автомагистрал"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "avtostrada",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "автострада"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "taang-dùuan",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "ทางด่วน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mɔɔ-dtə̂ə-wee",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "มอเตอร์เวย์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "otoyol"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "German",
        "especially"
      ],
      "word": "otoban"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "awtomagistral"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "awtostrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtostráda",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автостра́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtomahistrálʹ",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автомагістра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mahistrálʹ",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "магістра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtobán",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автоба́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "avtomagistral"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "avtostrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "vep",
      "lang": "Veps",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "avtomagistral'"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "đường cao tốc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "đường ô tô chính"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "đường trục ô tô"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "otostråde"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "otovoye"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "otorote"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "traffordd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "word": "autodyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oytostrat",
      "sense": "highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אויטאָסטראַט"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "motorway"
  ],
  "word": "motorway"
}

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