"refuge island" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: refuge islands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} refuge island (plural refuge islands)
  1. A raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street crossing, allowing pedestrians to pause safely in the middle of the road. Synonyms: pedestrian island, pedestrian refuge Related terms: traffic island Translations (raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street): транспортен остров (transporten ostrov) [masculine] (Bulgarian), illot [masculine] (Catalan), 安全島 (Chinese Mandarin), 安全岛 (ānquándǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), trafikø [common-gender] (Danish), liikenteenjakaja (Finnish), Verkehrsinsel [feminine] (German), 안전지대 (anjeonjidae) (Korean), azyl [masculine] (Polish), острово́к безопа́сности (ostrovók bezopásnosti) [masculine] (Russian), isleta [feminine] (Spanish), refug [common-gender] (Swedish), orta kaldırım (Turkish), refüj (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-refuge_island-en-noun-6Zet2hvo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ca",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
          "word": "orta kaldırım"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "transporten ostrov",
      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "транспортен остров"
    },
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      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "word": "liikenteenjakaja"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Verkehrsinsel"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "anjeonjidae",
      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "word": "안전지대"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "azyl"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "острово́к безопа́сности"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "isleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "refug"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street",
      "word": "orta kaldırım"
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