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.”
The plural of the word subway
subways
How the word subway is said around the world
| French | métro (mayt-ROH) |
| Spanish | metro (MAYT-roh) |
| Mandarin | 地铁 (dee tyay) |
| Hindi | सबवे (SUB-vay) |
| Arabic | مترو (MEET-roo) |
| Russian | метро (myeet-ROH) |
| Portuguese (EU) | metro (MEH-troo) |
| Portuguese (BR) | metrô (mayt-ROH) |
| Japanese | 地下鉄 (chee-kah-TAY-tsu) |
| German | U-Bahn (OO-bahn) |
| Urdu | سب وے (sub vay) |
| Punjabi | ਸਬਵੇਅ (suh-buh-VAYUH) |
| Korean | 지하철 (jee-HAH-chul) |
| Hebrew | רַכֶּבֶת תַחְתִית (rah-KAY-vayt tahkh-TEE-t) |
| Greek | μετρό (meh-TROH) |
| Dutch | metro (MAYT-roh) |
| Tagalog | subway (SOOB-wahy) |
| Vietnamese | tàu điện ngầm (tow DEE-en nguhm) |
| Turkish | metro (met-RAW) |
| Persian | مترو (MAYT-roh) |
| Polish | metro (MET-raw) |
| Ukrainian | метро (MET-roh) |
| Bengali | পাতাল রেল (PAH-tahl rayl) |
| Swedish | tunnelbana (TU-nuhl-bah-nah) |
| Italian | metropolitana (mayt-roh-poh-lee-TAH-nah) |
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