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streetcar

 
/ˈstriːtkɑːr/ noun [C] US ( UK/US tram)

Translation

an electric vehicle for carrying passengers, mostly in cities, which runs along metal tracks in the road
tramvay
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(Definition of streetcar noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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