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subway

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The meaning (definition) of the word subway

a train that runs through tunnels under a city

The word subway used in a sentence

We rode the subway train under the big city.

Words that mean the same as subway (synonyms)

train

The plural of the word subway

subways

How the word subway is said around the world

Frenchmétro (maytroh)
Spanishmetro (maytroh)
Mandarin地铁 (dì tiě)
Hindiसबवे (subvay)
Arabicمترو (meetroo)
Russianметро (metro)
Portuguese (EU)metrô (mitroh)
Portuguese (BR)metrô (maytroh)
Japanese地下鉄 (chikatetsu)
GermanU-Bahn (oobahn)
Urduسب وے (sub vay)
Punjabiਸਬਵੇਅ (suhbuhvayuh)
Korean지하철 (jihaceol)
Hebrewרַכֶּבֶת תַחְתִית (rahkayvayt tahkhteet)
Greekυπόγεια διάβαση (upogeia diabase)
Dutchmetro (maytroh)
Tagalogsubway (soobwahy)
Vietnamesetàu điện ngầm (tow deeen nguhm)
Turkishmetro (metraw)
Persianمترو (maytroh)
Polishmetro (metraw)
Ukrainianметро (metro)
Bengaliপাতাল রেল (pahtahl rayl)
Swedishtunnelbana (tunuhlbahnah)
Italianmetropolitana (maytrohpohleetahnah)

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