"waterway" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-waterway.wav Forms: waterways [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, equivalent to water + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waterwey}} Middle English waterwey, {{inh|en|ang|wæterweġ|t=waterway}} Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*watarweg}} Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, {{com|en|water|way}} water + way, {{cog|stq|Woaterwai|t=waterway}} Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), {{cog|fy|wetterwei|t=waterway}} West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), {{cog|nl|waterweg|t=waterway}} Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), {{cog|de|Wasserweg|t=waterway}} German Wasserweg (“waterway”), {{cog|da|vandvej|t=waterway}} Danish vandvej (“waterway”), {{cog|sv|vattenväg|t=waterway}} Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} waterway (plural waterways)
  1. A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable. Categories (place): Bodies of water Translations (navigable body of water): مَمَرّ مَائِيّ (mamarr māʔiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ֆարվատեր (farvater) (Armenian), նավարկուղի (navarkuġi) (Armenian), 水路 (shuǐlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 航道 (hángdào) (Chinese Mandarin), vodní cesta [feminine] (Czech), vandvej [common-gender] (Danish), vaarweg [masculine] (Dutch), waterweg [masculine] (Dutch), vaarwater [neuter] (Dutch), akvovojo (Esperanto), vesitie (Finnish), vesiväylä (Finnish), laivaväylä (Finnish), voie navigable [feminine] (French), ფარვატერი (parvaṭeri) (Georgian), Wasserstraße [feminine] (German), Wasserweg [masculine] (German), Fahrwasser [neuter] (German), נְתִיב מַיִם (netiv mayim) [masculine] (Hebrew), jalan air (Indonesian), 水路 (suiro) (alt: すいろ) (Japanese), 수로 (suro) (Korean), vandentakis [masculine] (Lithuanian), vandens kelias [masculine] (Lithuanian), hawai (Maori), arawai (Maori), vannvei [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vassdrag [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), آبراه (âbrâh) (Persian), droga wodna [feminine] (Polish), hidrovia [feminine] (Portuguese), cale navigabilă [feminine] (Romanian), фарва́тер (farvátɛr) [masculine] (Russian), во́дный путь (vódnyj putʹ) [masculine] (Russian), hidrovía [feminine] (Spanish), torrentera [feminine] (Spanish), alulusan (Tagalog), đường thủy (Vietnamese), đường sông (Vietnamese), thủy lộ (Vietnamese), dyfrffordd [feminine] (Welsh), camlas [feminine] (Welsh), уу суола (uu suola) (Yakut), vaya awer [feminine] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-waterway-en-noun-FtB3~IHF Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'navigable body of water': 95 5
  2. A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water. Categories (topical): Water
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "ფარვატერი"
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "jalan air"
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "水路"
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      "roman": "suro",
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      "word": "수로"
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vandens kelias"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "hawai"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "arawai"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vannvei"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
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      "word": "vassdrag"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âbrâh",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "آبراه"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "droga wodna"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "hidrovia"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cale navigabilă"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "farvátɛr",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "фарва́тер"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vódnyj putʹ",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "во́дный путь"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hidrovía"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "torrentera"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "alulusan"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "đường thủy"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "đường sông"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "thủy lộ"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dyfrffordd"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "camlas"
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      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "uu suola",
      "sense": "navigable body of water",
      "word": "уу суола"
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      "code": "zza",
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      "sense": "navigable body of water",
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      "word": "vaya awer"
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