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Pronunciation / Transliteration: roˈtonda
"Prendi la seconda uscita alla rotonda."
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A road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island.
"Take the second exit at the roundabout."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from round + about, originally used in the sense of a circuitous route or process.
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rond-point
Transliteration: ʁɔ̃ pwɛ̃
"Prenez la première sortie au rond-point."
Kreisverkehr
Transliteration: ˈkʁaɪ̯sfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯
"Nehmen Sie die zweite Ausfahrt im Kreisverkehr."
rotonda
Transliteration: roˈtonda
"Prendi la seconda uscita alla rotonda."
rotonda
Transliteration: roˈtonda
"Toma la segunda salida en la rotonda."
rotunda
Transliteration: ʁoˈtũdɐ
"Tome a segunda saída na rotunda."
गोल चक्कर
Transliteration: gol chakkar
"गोल चक्कर पर दूसरा रास्ता लें।"
环岛
Transliteration: huándǎo
"在环岛处走第二个出口。"
회전교차로
Transliteration: hoejeon-gyocharo
"회전교차로에서 두 번째 출구로 나가세요."
ロータリー
Transliteration: rōtarī
"ロータリーで2番目の出口を出てください。"
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