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subway

 
 
/ˈsʌbweɪ/ noun [C]

Translation

PASSAGE UK ( UK/US underpass) a passage under a road or railway for people to walk through
alt geçit, yeraltı geçidi
1693
TRAIN US ( UK underground) a system of trains that travel underground
metro, tünel
We can take the subway to Grand Central Station.1676
(Definition of subway noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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