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traffic circle

A circular one-way road at a junction of thoroughfares, facilitating an uninterrupted flow of traffic. Also called regionally rotary.

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traffic circle

(Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian a road junction in which traffic streams circulate around a central island. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): roundabout

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traf′fic cir`cle

a circular arrangement of an intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another. Also called rotary; Brit., roundabout.

[1945–50]

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Noun

traffic circle - a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

rotary, roundabout, circle

junction - the place where two or more things come together

road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

Translations

دَائِرَة

kruhový objezd

rundkørsel

liikenneympyrä

kružni tok

環状交差路

환상 교차로

кольцевая автотранспортная развязка

krožišče

rondell

วงเวียนที่ต้องขับรถรอบ

döner kavşak

bùng binh

交通转盘

traffic circle

n (Am) → isola rotatoria

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

traffic circle

→ دَائِرَة kruhový objezd rundkørsel Kreisverkehr κυκλική διασταύρωση glorieta, rotonda liikenneympyrä rond-point kružni tok rotatoria 環状交差路 환상 교차로 rotonde rundkjøring rondo rotatória, rotunda кольцевая автотранспортная развязка rondell วงเวียนที่ต้องขับรถรอบ döner kavşak bùng binh 交通转盘

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