Here is a summary of words meaning "railroad."
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-- f/v --
Portuguese: ferrovia (ferro = iron)
Italian: ferrovia (ferro = iron)
Maltese: ferrovija
Spanish: ferrocarril (hierro = iron)
Esperanto: fervojo (fer (iron) + voj (way))
Hungarian: vasút (vas = iron, út = road/way/path)
-- e --
German: Eisenbahn (Eisen = iron)
-- i --
Irish: iarnród (iron road)
Alsatian: d'r Isabàhn
-- r --
British English: railway
American English: railroad
Punjabi : reilpatty
Swahili: reli
Hindi: रेलवे [rēlavē]
Turkish: ray
Tagalog: riles
Indonesian: rel kereta (api)
-- l --
Klingon (conlang): lupwI' mIr
Malay: Landasan kereta api (Landasan =path, Kereta = car, Api = fire)
-- s --
Dutch: spoorweg
Arabic: سكة حديدية [sikka(tun) hadiidiya(tun)]
(حديد = iron)
Greek : σιδηρόδρομος [siđiróđromos] (σίδηρος (iron) + δρόμος (road))
-- sh --
French: chemin de fer (fer = iron)
-- z/j --
Russian: железная дорога (железо = iron)
Croatian: željeznica (željezo = iron)
Czech: železnice (železo = iron)
Slovak: železnice
-- t/ch --
Chinese: 铁路/鐵路[tiělù] (铁/鐵 = iron)
Korean: 철도 [cheoldo] (철 = iron)
Japanese: 鉄道(てつどう) [tetsudou] (鉄 = iron)
Choctaw: tʋli hina (iron road)
Uzbek : temir yo'l (iron way)
-- d --
Turkish: demir (iron) yolu (way, road)
Azerbaijani: demiryolu
Czech: dráha
Vietnamese: đường sắt (road iron)
Vietnamese: đường xe lửa (road vehicle fire)
Vietnamese: đường ray (road "rail")
-- k --
Corsican: caminu di ferru
Kadazandusun: kulitapui
-- h --
Breton: hent(où)-houarn
Cornish: hyns horn (iron path)
-- b --
Usik (conlang): Boste
