What does railway mean?
Definitions for railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪrail·way
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word railway.
Princeton's WordNet
railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system(noun)
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
railroad track, railroad, railway(noun)
a line of track providing a runway for wheels
"he walked along the railroad track"
Wiktionary
railway(Noun)
A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles may travel.
Etymology: rail + way
railway(Noun)
A transport system using these rails used to move passengers or goods.
Etymology: rail + way
Webster Dictionary
Railway(noun)
a road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure
Railway(noun)
the road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver
Editors Contribution
railway
A type of rail transport system.
Railway lines are maintained efficiently and we feel very grateful to have this form of travel.
Submitted by MaryC on April 28, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'railway' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1420
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'railway' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1997
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'railway' in Nouns Frequency: #503
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of railway in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of railway in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of railway in a Sentence
Regular railway services have been further suspended to further harass and increase the problem of ordinary population. Corona is a drama.
I see how people are living and how needy they are now. They're losing their jobs, and many families are cutting back on spending to finance loans. People cannot pay, jobs are being lost in all industries except food. Just next to our factory is a factory that produces parts for railway engines. The buyers have no money to pay and they cannot afford to buy the raw materials to fulfill their orders. It's a chain ... Whole sectors are moving into a period of stagnation.
The move was a step to prepare for cyber terror against the railway transport control system.
Chief Executive Gianfranco Battisti:
Exploring international markets is an important part of our industrial plan, in the world there are a lot of opportunities to develop motorway and railway infrastructures and we have the skills to do that.
Russian President Vladimir Putin:
This is not the first time Russia experiences barbaric terrorist crime, usually without any obvious internal or external causes, the way it was with the explosion at the railway station in Volgograd at the end of 2013. we remember everything and everyone.
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Translations for railway
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- иҳаамҩаAbkhaz
- سكة الحديد, سكة حديديةArabic
- dəmir yoluAzerbaijani
- чыгу́нка, жале́зная даро́га, каляя́, чыгу́начны пуцьBelarusian
- желе́зница, железопъ̀тна ли́нияBulgarian
- রেলপথBengali
- trať, kolej, železniceCzech
- rheilfforddWelsh
- jernbaneDanish
- Eisenbahnlinie, Bahn, Eisenbahn, GleisGerman
- σιδηρόδρομοςGreek
- fervojoEsperanto
- riel, vía férrea, vía, ferrocarrilSpanish
- raudteeEstonian
- راه آهن, راهآهنPersian
- rautatie, junarata, rata, rautatietFinnish
- chemin de fer, réseau ferroviaire, voie ferréeFrench
- spoarweiWestern Frisian
- bóthar iarainn, iarnródIrish
- rathad-iarainn, rèileScottish Gaelic
- מסילת רכבתHebrew
- रेलवेHindi
- sín, vasút, vasútvonalHungarian
- երկաթուղիArmenian
- ferroviaInterlingua
- jalan kereta api, kereta apiIndonesian
- járnbani, járnbraut, járngata, lestarsporIcelandic
- binario, ferrovia, rotaia, strada ferrataItalian
- 線路, 鉄道Japanese
- რკინიგზაGeorgian
- темір жолKazakh
- ផ្លូវរទេះភ្លើង, ក្រុមអយស្មយ័យានKhmer
- 철도, 선로Korean
- темир жолKyrgyz
- geležinkelisLithuanian
- dzelzceļšLatvian
- rerewēMāori
- желе́зница, пруга, железницаMacedonian
- төмөр замMongolian
- kereta api, keretapiMalay
- သံလမ်း, မီးရထားBurmese
- jernbaneNorwegian
- spoorwegen, spoorwegDutch
- jarnbane, jernbaneNorwegian Nynorsk
- kǫʼ naʼałbąąsii bitiin, béésh bitiinNavajo, Navaho
- æфсæнвæндагOssetian, Ossetic
- kolej, linia kolejowa, kolej żelaznaPolish
- ferrovia, estrada de ferroPortuguese
- cale ferată, rețea feroviară, căi ferateRomanian
- желе́зная доро́га, колея́Russian
- železnica, железница, željeznica, жељезницаSerbo-Croatian
- železnica, železničná traťSlovak
- železniškoSlovene
- hekurudhëAlbanian
- järnväg, järnvägsspårSwedish
- роҳи оҳан, роҳ оҳанTajik
- การรถไฟThai
- demir ýolyTurkmen
- daambakal, perokarilTagalog
- demir yolu hattı, demir yoluTurkish
- тимер юлTatar
- колія́, залізни́цяUkrainian
- ریلوےUrdu
- temir yoʻlUzbek
- đường sắtVietnamese
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