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Meanings of light poles in English

Russian
уличный фонарь
Portuguese
iluminação pública
Spanish
alumbrado público
Catalan
enllumenat públic
Wikidata

A raised source of light on the edge of a road or walkway.

уличный фонарь
Usage of light poles in English
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The council added it had concerns with cracks in the park's light poles.
Radio NZ
2
Shadows loom tall, split like razors with neon-bright iron light poles.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
3
Yellow flyers had been pasted to each of the parking lot's light poles.
Mysterious Skin
4
I looked up at the light poles to make sure there weren't any cameras.
The Girl I Used to Be
5
The current crop of gunshot locators are attached to Humvees, or to light poles.
Wired
6
In some places, windows had blown from buildings and light poles were knocked over.
Reuters
7
Their dwellings wore of light poles covered with birch bark.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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The city of Havana's streets were littered with branches, shrubs, trees and light poles.
Reuters
9
The fourth row down and in between the two light poles was Mr. Harold's Caprice.
A visible darkness
10
Boys were standing on roofs, and more than a few had shinnied up light poles.
Private life
11
Look at the light poles.
Flesh Eaters
12
For the Indians Joam Garral had designed regular cabins-huts without walls, with only light poles supporting the roof of foliage.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
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Wagons were also loaded with light poles supplied with an iron spike at each end to hold the wires up.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
14
At a Russian village where we stopped there was a Managre hut or yourt of light poles covered with birch bark.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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These apartments, called 'polags,' are about six feet square and four or five high, partitioned with light poles and skin curtains.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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They would also frequently agree to pay the cities to lease public property, such as light poles, which would hold Wi-Fi transmitters.
Wired