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"RAILWAYS" is a plural of: railway. |
Date "RAILWAYS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1826. (references) |
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Literature | Railways A. & B. R. Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway. B. & L. J. R. Bourn and Lynn Joint Railway. B. & M. R. Brecon and Merthyr Railway. B. & N. C. R. Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. Cal. R. Caledonian Railway. Cam. R. Cambrian Railway. C. K. & P. R. Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway. C.L.C. Cheshire Lines Committee, embracing the G. N., M. S. & L., and Mid. Coys. C. V. R. Colne Valley and Halstead Railway. C. W. & C. R. Central Wales and Carmarthen Railway. C. & C. R. Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway. D. R. & C. R. Denbigh, Ruthin, and Corwen Railway. E. L. R. East London Railway. E. & W. J. R. East and West Junction Railway. Fur. R. Furness Railway. G. & K. R. Garstang and Knotend Railway. G. & S. W. R. Glasgow and South-Western Railway. G. E. R. Great Eastern Railway. G. N. S. R. Great Northern of Scotland Railway. G. N. R. Great Northern Railway. G. N. I. R. Great Northern of Ireland Railway. G. S. & W. R. Great Southern and Western Railway. G. W. R. Great Western Railway. H. R. Highland Railway. I. of M. R. Isle of Man Railway. I. of W. R. Isle of Wight Railway. L. & Y. R. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. L. B. & S. C. R. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. L. C. & D. R. London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. L. D. & E. C. R. Lancashire, Derby, and East Coast Railway. L. & N. W. R. London and North-Western Railway. L. & S. W. R. London and South-Western Railway. L. T. & S. R. London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway. M. & M. R. Manchester and Milford Railway. M. S. & L. R. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. M. S. J. & A. R. Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway. M. & C. R. Maryport and Carlisle Railway. Met. R. Metropolitan Railway. Met. D. R. Metropolitan District Railway. M. R. Midland Railway. M. W. R. Mid-Wales Railway. M. G. W. I. R. Midland Great-Western of Ireland Railway. N. & B. R. Neath and Brecon Railway. N. & B. J. R. Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway. N. B. R. North British Railway. N. E. R. North-Eastern Railway. N. L. R. North London Railway. N. S. R. North Staffordshire Railway. P. & T. R. Pembroke and Tenby Railway. R. R. Rhymney Railway. S. & W. & S. B. R. Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway. S. & D. J. R. Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. S. E. R. South-Eastern Railway. S. M. & A. R. Swindon, Marlborough, and Andover Railway. T. V. R. Taff Vale Railway. W. & L. R. Waterford and Limerick Railway. W. & P. R. R. Watlington and Princes Risboro' Railway. W. R. Wigtownshire Railway. W. M. & C. Q. R. Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: RAILWAYSSynonym: Railroads. (additional references) |
Crosswords: RAILWAYS |
| English words defined with "RAILWAYS": Public works ♦ Wheel boat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "RAILWAYS": American Table of Distances ♦ carpenter, ship ♦ INSPECTOR, ELEVATORS ♦ multibucket excavator ♦ open switch ♦ passenger agent, passenger-booking clerk, public-sector spending ♦ Railways, reservation clerk ♦ safety engineer, elevators, striking a balance between two railways, suburban train ♦ THEMATIC DATA, THIRD-RAIL INSTALLER, ticket clerk, ticket seller, tonnage contract, tunnage contract. (references) |
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 | Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Plant railways are essential to the working of large steel mills, especially since single furnaces are often charged with as much as 100 tons and more of raw materials for conversion into steel. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Japan--Japanese Government Railways / Satomi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Combination railways. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | And that union, to attain which the burghers of the Middle Ages, with their miserable highways, required centuries, the modern proletarians, thanks to railways, achieve in a few years. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Agreement of May 15, 1886, regarding the technical standardisation of railways. (reference) |
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Business | Transtel of South Africa is servicing National Railways. (references) | |
Ivoirians also travel to neighboring countries by air, road and railways. (references) | ||
The country has considerably well-developed roads, railways and air services. (references) | ||
Economic History | Switzerland | The Swiss government has also developed proposals to privatize the railways. (references) |
Somalia | There are no railways in Somalia; internal transportation is by truck and bus. (references) | |
Pakistan | Railways carry about 15 percent of freight traffic and road vehicles 85 percent. (references) | |
Political Economy | URUGUAY | Uruguay has long owned and operated state monopolies in petroleum, railways, telephone service, and port administration. (references) |
CANADA | Generally, workers must be 17 years of age to work in an industry under federal jurisdiction, e.g. railways, airlines and shipping. (references) | |
BANGLADESH | The Employment of Children Act of 1938 prohibits the employment of children under the age of 15 in the railways or in goods' handling within ports. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | Railways-TDA provided funding ($250,000) for studies on restructuring of and development of a telecom plan for Ukrainian Railways. (references) |
Bulgaria | To date, approved projects are in the energy, telecommunications, residential heating, railways, health, environmental and public administration sectors. (references) | |
Travel | Croatia | Travel within Croatia can also be performed by renting a car or by railway (Croatian Railways operates trains to most larger cities throughout the country). (references) |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | There were no strikes during the year, and some labor leaders attribute this to the ban on strikes by large unions, such as Pakistan Railways and Pakistan International Airways. (references) |
Ethiopia | Essential services are defined broadly to include air transport services, railways, bus service, postal, police and fire services, banking, telecommunications, and medical services. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | The importance of supervising business of great railways and industrial combinations and the necessary investigation and prosecution of unlawful business methods are another necessary tax upon Government which did not exist half a century ago. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | That means jobs building roads, jobs building bridges and jobs building railways. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "RAILWAYS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.36% of the time. "RAILWAYS" is used about 1,877 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.36% | 1,865 | 4,568 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.64% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,877 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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| United Kingdom | GB Railways Group Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "RAILWAYS": Group of Twelve Railways of the EC(enlarged) ♦ mesh of railways ♦ striking a balance between two railways. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "RAILWAYS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | togtrafik,befragtet gods (goods transported, goods transported by rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | goederenvervoer per spoor (goods transported, goods transported by rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rautateiden tavarankuljetus (goods transported, goods transported by rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transport ferroviaire de marchandises (goods transported by rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Eisenbahnen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ο προγραμματισμός των μέσων μεταφοράς των προαστείων(μετρό,αστικοί σιδηρόδρομοι,τραμ,λεωφορεία)βασίζεται στο γενικό πρόγραμμα μεταφορών. (buses)is based on the general traffic plan, the layout of the local transport system(under-ground and surface urban railways, tramways), πολυμερής εκκαθάριση (clearance among several railways, striking a balance among several railways), Θεωρούν επίσης σαν τραμ τους εναέριους σιδηρόδρομους,τους υπερυψωμένους και υπόγειους,τους ανηρτημένους ή άλλους ιδιαίτερου τύπου. (included among tramways are railways which are built as overhead or underground systems, suspension rail conveying systems), διμερής εκκαθάριση (bilateral clearance, striking a balance between two railways). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | merci trasportate per ferrovia (goods transported, goods transported by rail), beni trasportati per ferrovia (goods transported, goods transported by rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 併行線 (parallel railways). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | へい"うせ" (parallel line, parallel railways). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | raad yiarn ynnydoil (local railways). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ailwaysray Convenção Adicional,de 26 de Fevereiro de 1966, Convenção internacional sobre o transporte ferroviário de viajantes e bagagens(CIV),de 25 de Fevereiro de 1961,relativa responsabilidade dos caminhos-de-ferro em caso de morte ou ferimentos dos via (amended by Protocol II of 9 November 1973 of the Diplomatic Conference for the entry into force of the CIM and CIV International Agreements of 7 February 1970 concerning the extension of the period of validity of the Supplementary Convention of 26 Februar, Supplementary Convention of 26 February 1966 to the International Convention of 25 February 1961 concerning the carriage of passengers and luggage by rail(CIV)on the liability of railways for death on injury to passengers), carris:caminho de ferro aéreo:caminho de ferro sobrelevado:-:caminho de ferro subterrâneo:caminho de ferro suspenso.Consideram-se igualmente carris,os caminhos de ferro aéreos,sobrelevados e subte (included among tramways are railways which are built as overhead or underground systems, or specially constructed systems(NOTE:this statement is not true of UK), suspension rail conveying systems). (various references) reţea de cai ferate (mesh of railways). (various references) министерство путей сообщения (ministry of railroads, ministry of railways, ministry of the railroads). (various references) mercancías transportadas por ferrocarril (goods carried by rail, goods transported, goods transported by rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"RAILWAYS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: railwa, railwey, Ramlawi, realways. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "RAILWAYS" (pronounced rā"lwā'z) |
| 4 | -l w ā' z | always, hallways. |
| 3 | -w ā' z | airways, alleyways, anyways, byways, Castaways, causeways, doorways, driveways, edgeways, fairways, folkways, foodways, freeways, gateways, getaways, giveaways, highways, lengthways, outweighs, pathways, roadways, runaways, runways, sideways, stairways, subways, superhighways, walkways, waterways. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-r-s-w-y" | |
-1 letter: airways, railway. | |
-2 letters: airway, aliyas, always, aswirl, riyals, salary, swirly, warily. | |
-3 letters: alary, alias, aliya, alway, arias, arils, aryls, asyla, laari, lairs, laris, liars, liras, raias, rails, rawly, rayas, rials, riyal, swail, swirl, wails, wairs, yawls. | |
-4 letters: aals, ails, airs, airy, alar, alas, aria, aril, aryl, away, awls, awry, lair, lari, lars, laws, lays. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-r-s-w-y" | |
+5 letters: wallydraigles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 41 49 4C 57 41 59 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- .. .-.. .--. .- -.--. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000001 01001001 01001100 01010111 01000001 01011001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R A I L W A Y S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0041 0049 004C 0057 0041 0059 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5235434657355953 |
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