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Belt·way

(bĕlt′wā′)

1. The beltway surrounding Washington, DC.

2. The political establishment of Washington, DC, including federal officeholders, lobbyists, consultants, and media commentators.

belt·way

(bĕlt′wā′)

A high-speed highway that encircles or skirts an urban area. Also called belt highway.

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beltway

(ˈbɛltˌweɪ)

1. (Civil Engineering) the usual US name for a ring road

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (usually capital)

a. the people and institutions located in the area bounded by the Washington Beltway, taken to be politically and socially out of touch with the rest of America and much given to political intrigue

b. (as modifier): Beltway Cassandras.

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belt•way

(ˈbɛltˌweɪ)

n.

1. a highway around the perimeter of an urban area.

2. the Beltway, the Washington, D.C., area.

[1950–55]

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Noun

beltway - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

bypass, ring road, ringway

highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transport

Translations

طَرِيقٌ دَائِريّ

okruh

ringvej

Umgehungsstraße

περιφερειακή οδός

carretera de circunvalación ronda de circunvalación

kehätie

périphérique

zaobilaznica

circonvallazione

環状道路

환상 도로

ringweg ring

ringvei

obwodnica

circunvalação estrada periférica

кольцевая автодорога

ringled

ถนนวงแหวน

çevre yolu

đường vành đai

环行路

beltway

[ˈbeltweɪ] N (US) → carretera f de circunvalación

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beltway

[ˈbɛltweɪ] n (US)

(= ring road) → route f de ceinture

(= motorway) → périphérique m

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beltway

n (US) → Umgehungsstraße f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

beltway

[ˈbɛltˌweɪ] n (Am) (Aut) → circonvallazione f; (motorway) → raccordo anulare

beltway

→ طَرِيقٌ دَائِريّ okruh ringvej Umgehungsstraße περιφερειακή οδός carretera de circunvalación, ronda de circunvalación kehätie périphérique zaobilaznica circonvallazione 環状道路 환상 도로 ringweg ringvei obwodnica circunvalação, estrada periférica кольцевая автодорога ringled ถนนวงแหวน çevre yolu đường vành đai 环行路

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