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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pedestrian island, pedestrian refuge
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
транспортен остров
(transporten ostrov)
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Catalan:
illot
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Chinese Mandarin:
安全島 /安全岛
(ānquándǎo)
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Danish:
trafikø
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Finnish:
liikenteenjakaja
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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German:
Verkehrsinsel
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Korean:
안전지대
(anjeonjidae)
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Norwegian Bokmål:
trafikkøy
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Norwegian Bokmål:
refuge
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
trafikkøy
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
refuge
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Polish:
azyl
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Russian:
острово́к безопа́сности
(ostrovók bezopásnosti)
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Spanish:
isleta
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Swedish:
refug
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Turkish:
orta kaldırım
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
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Turkish:
refüj
— raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street
