ring road
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ring road
noun ring roads · ringroad
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A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
Underground stations were also slated for closure, and there were plans for massive ring roads to cater for the ever-growing numbers of people commuting into town by car. […] However, it soon dawned on politicians that this was unsustainable. Much of London would have had to be demolished to make wa
Similar: beltway, orbital motorway
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noun highway
| Español | circunvalación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 순환선 sunhwanseon |
| 日本語 | 環状道路 kanjō dōro |
| 中文 | 環路 /环路 huánlù, 繞城公路 /绕城公路 ràochéng gōnglù |
| Português | anel rodoviário, contorno, circular, circunvalação |
| Français | périphérique, ring, rocade, route de ceinture, voie de ceinture, boulevard de ceinture |
| Deutsch | Ringstraße, Umgehungsstraße |
| Italiano | circonvallazione |
| Ελληνικά | περιφερειακός δρόμος perifereiakós drómos |
| Română | centură |
| Русский | кольцева́я доро́га kolʹcevája doróga, окружна́я доро́га okružnája doróga, кольцева́я kolʹcevája, окружна́я okružnája |
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