telegraph post

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From their original purpose of carrying telegraph lines, first used around 1843 by William Fothergill Cooke.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَمُود البَرِيد (ʕamūd al-barīd) — pole that carries telephone lines
• Bulgarian: телеграфен стълб (telegrafen stǎlb) — pole that carries telephone lines
• Chinese Mandarin: 電線桿 /电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn) — pole that carries telephone lines
• Finnish: puhelinpylväs — pole that carries telephone lines
• French: poteau télégraphique — pole that carries telephone lines
• German: Telegraphenmast — pole that carries telephone lines
• German: Leitungsmast — pole that carries telephone lines
• Italian: palo del telegrafo — pole that carries telephone lines
• Japanese: 電柱 (denchū) — pole that carries telephone lines
• Russian: телегра́фный столб (telegráfnyj stolb) — pole that carries telephone lines
• Volapük: telegrafastafäd — pole that carries telephone lines