fervojo

Esperanto

Etymology

From fero (“iron”) +‎ vojo (“way”), a calque of German Eisenbahn. Compare Yiddish אײַזנבאַן (ayznban), Italian ferrovia, French voie ferrée, Spanish ferrovía, Russian желе́зная доро́га (želéznaja doróga), Hungarian vasút, Latvian dzelzceļš, Japanese 鉄道 (tetsudō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ferˈvojo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ojo
  • Hyphenation: fer‧vo‧jo

Noun

fervojo (accusative singular fervojon, plural fervojoj, accusative plural fervojojn)

  1. railway
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