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a place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: polling place
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: topographic point, place, spot
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ընտրատեղամաս
(əntrateġamas)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Asturian:
colexu eleutoral
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Catalan:
col·legi electoral
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Chinese Mandarin:
投票站
(tóupiàozhàn)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Czech:
volební místnost
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Danish:
valgsted
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Danish:
afstemningssted
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Esperanto:
elektejo
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Faroese:
valhøli
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Faroese:
valstaður
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Finnish:
äänestyspaikka
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Finnish:
vaalipaikka
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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French:
bureau de vote
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Galician:
colexio electoral
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Galician:
mesa electoral
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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German:
Wahllokal
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Gujarati:
મતદાનમથક
(matdānamthak)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Icelandic:
kjörstaður
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Irish:
stáisiún vótála
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Italian:
seggio elettorale
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Japanese:
投票所
(tōhyōjo)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Korean:
투표소
(tupyoso)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Korean:
투표장
(tupyojang)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Macedonian:
бира́лиште
(birálište)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Māori:
whare pōti
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Norwegian Bokmål:
valglokale
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stemmelokale
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
vallokale
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
røystelokale
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Polish:
lokal wyborczy
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Portuguese:
seção eleitoral
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Russian:
избира́тельный уча́сток
(izbirátelʹnyj učástok)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Serbo-Croatian:
biralište
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Serbo-Croatian:
biračko mjesto
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Spanish:
colegio electoral
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Spanish:
mesa electoral
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Spanish:
centro votacional
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Spanish:
lugar votatorio
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Spanish:
recinto votativo
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Spanish:
estación de votación
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Spanish:
local de votación
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Swahili:
kituo cha kupigia kura
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Swedish:
vallokal
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Ukrainian:
виборча дільниця
(vyborča dilʹnycja)
— place where voters go to cast their ballot
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Volapük:
vögodöp
— place where voters go to cast their ballot