Phrase guide

railway gun

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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noun

Meaning 2

An ironclad railway wagon with turrets mounted on it, as part of an armoured train.

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Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 列車砲 /列车炮 (lièchēpào) — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Danish: jernbanekanon — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Dutch: spoorwegkanon — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Finnish: rautatietykistö — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Finnish: rautatietykki — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • French: artillerie lourde sur voie ferrée — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • German: Eisenbahngeschütz — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Greek: σιδηροδρομικό κανόνι (sidirodromikó kanóni) — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Italian: cannone ferroviario — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Japanese: 列車砲 (resshahō) — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Korean: 열차포 (yeolchapo) — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jernbanekanon — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Polish: działo kolejowe — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Portuguese: canhão ferroviário — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Russian: железнодоро́жная артилле́рия (železnodoróžnaja artillérija) — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Spanish: cañón ferroviario — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Swedish: järnvägsartilleri — large mobile artillery gun on railway
  • Turkish: demiryolu topu — large mobile artillery gun on railway