"polling station" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-polling station.ogg [Australia] Forms: polling stations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} polling station (plural polling stations)
  1. (British, Canada, Australia) a place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station Wikipedia link: polling station Tags: Australia, British, Canada Categories (topical): Democracy Related terms: voting booth, polling booth Translations (place where voters go to cast their ballot): ընտրատեղամաս (əntrateġamas) (Armenian), colexu eleutoral (Asturian), 投票站 (tóupiàozhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), volební místnost [feminine] (Czech), valgsted [neuter] (Danish), afstemningssted [neuter] (Danish), elektejo (Esperanto), valhøli (Faroese), valstaður (Faroese), äänestyspaikka (Finnish), vaalipaikka (Finnish), bureau de vote [masculine] (French), colexio electoral [masculine] (Galician), mesa electoral [feminine] (Galician), Wahllokal [neuter] (German), kjörstaður [masculine] (Icelandic), stáisiún vótála [masculine] (Irish), seggio elettorale [masculine] (Italian), бира́лиште (birálište) [neuter] (Macedonian), whare pōti (Maori), valglokale (Norwegian Bokmål), stemmelokale (Norwegian Bokmål), vallokale (Norwegian Nynorsk), røystelokale (Norwegian Nynorsk), lokal wyborczy [masculine] (Polish), seção eleitoral (Portuguese), избира́тельный уча́сток (izbirátelʹnyj učástok) [masculine] (Russian), biralište [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), biračko mjesto [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), colegio electoral [masculine] (Spanish), mesa electoral [feminine] (Spanish), vallokal [common-gender] (Swedish), виборча дільниця (vyborča dilʹnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), vögodöp (Volapük)

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