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telega

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /tɪˈleɪɡə/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A commune of Prahova County, Romania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Telega.

From mid-16th century Russian теле́га (teléga), probably from Khazar.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: абра (abra) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Bashkir: арба (arba) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Belarusian: калёсы (kaljósy) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Belarusian: цяле́га (cjaljéha) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Belarusian: воз (voz) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Finnish: rattaat — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Finnish: kärryt — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • French: téléga — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • French: télègue — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • German: Telege — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Japanese: テレガ (terega) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Kazakh: арба (arba) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Korean: 뗄레가 (ttellega) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Korean: 텔레가 (tellega) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Kyrgyz: арба (arba) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Church Slavic: телѣга (telěga) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Church Slavic: возъ (vozŭ) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Polish: telega — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Portuguese: telega — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Russian: теле́га (teléga) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Russian: арба́ (arbá) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Russian: воз (voz) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̀љиге — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Serbo-Croatian: tàljige — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Spanish: telega — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Swedish: telega — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Tajik: ароба (aroba) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Tatar: арба (arba) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Ukrainian: теле́га (teléha) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Ukrainian: віз (viz) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Uzbek: telega — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Uzbek: arava — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Vietnamese: telega — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
  • Yakut: тэлиэгэ (teliege) — a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs