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Meanings of motorway in English

Portuguese
super-autopista
Catalan
autopista
Spanish
autovía

A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.

super-autopista
Usage of motorway in English
1
Madam, -The development of the new motorway system is hugely welcome.
The Irish Times
2
Motorists are being asked to avoid the motorway both today and tomorrow.
Radio NZ
3
When the new motorway is open in 2005, the journey will improve.
The Irish Times
4
These include Auckland's central motorway junctions and the state highways in Hamilton.
Radio NZ
5
The tanker caught fire minutes later at the side of the motorway.
The Irish Times
6
The apartments are within easy reach of Dublin Airport via the motorway.
The Irish Times
7
In 1989, when the communists relinquished power, Poland had only one motorway.
The Guardian
8
But erosion and a motorway's intrusion have given it an unquiet history.
Radio NZ
9
They left the motorway, following a minor road deep into the countryside.
The witch queen
10
Opposition is growing to a proposed tolled motorway linking Limerick and Nenagh.
The Irish Times
11
The smart motorway is a combination of technology and improved road layout.
Radio NZ
12
Gardaí said the motorway has been cleared and all lanes are open.
The Irish Times
13
I don't need to see a motorway, or an out-of-town retail centre.
The Irish Times
14
Twenty minutes down the Czech motorway, they found the turning for Zbiroh.
The marks of cain
15
By the time we reached the motorway it had stopped moving altogether.
The Fearless
16
The development includes a four-kilometre road linking it to the M1 motorway.
The Irish Times
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Translations for motorway
Catalan
autopista
Motorway through the time
Motorway across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Rare
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