traffic circle

English

Columbus Circle in New York City.

Noun

traffic circle (plural traffic circles)

(US, Canada) an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island

Synonyms

rotary (New England)
roundabout (British, Australian)

Coordinate terms

pork chop island (triangular traffic island)

Translations

an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island

Arabic: دَوَّار‎ m (dawwār)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: kruhový objezd (cs) m
Esperanto: trafikcirklo
Finnish: liikenneympyrä (fi)
French: rond-point (fr) m, giratoire (fr) m (Switzerland)
German: Kreisverkehr (de) m
Irish: compal m, timpeallán m

Italian: rotatoria (it) f
Khmer: ផ្លូវវង់មូល (phlovvôngmul)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rundkjøring (no) m or f

Nynorsk: rundkøyring f
Romanian: sens giratoriu (ro) n
Russian: кольцевая транспортная развя́зка (kolʹcevaja transportnaja razvjázka), уча́сток дороги с круговым движением (učástok dorogi s krugovym dviženijem)
Spanish: glorieta (es) f, redondel m, rotonda (es) f
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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