Railway Definition

rālwā
railways
noun
railways
A railroad, especially one operated over a limited area.
A commuter railway.
American Heritage
Any track with rails for guiding wheels; specif., a road laid with parallel steel rails along which run passenger cars that are lighter than railroad cars.
Webster's New World
A track providing a runway for wheeled equipment.
American Heritage

Railroad.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Railway

Noun

Singular:
railway
Plural:
railways

Origin of Railway

Railway Sentence Examples

  • The city has a station on the North Western railway 32 m.

  • Kyaukse town is situated on the Zawgyi River and on the Rangoon-Mandalay railway line, and is well laid out in regular streets, covering an area of about a square mile.

  • The most attractive parts are the American quarter, where the employes of the Panama railway have their homes, and the old French quarter, where dwelt the French officers during their efforts to build the canal.

  • The railway system of Sardinia is in the hands of two companies - the Compagnia Reale delle Ferrovie Sarde, and the Compagnia delle Ferrovie Secondarie della Sardegna.

  • Among Servian cities, Nish is only surpassed by Belgrade in commercial and strategic importance; for it lies at the point where several of the chief Balkan highroads converge, and where the branch railway to Salonica leaves the main line between Belgrade and Constantinople.

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Words Starting With

RRARAI

Words Ending With

YAYWAY

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Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

Starts With R & Ends With YStarts With RA & Ends With YStarts With R & Ends With AY

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With Y