England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is no coincidence. The development of the Victorian and Edwardian seaside resort played a central role in the uptake of funicular railways across England.
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Funicular
Synonyms for "funicular" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (39)
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2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سِكَّة حَدِيد مُعَلَّقَة noun (rail transit system)
- سِكَّة حَدِيد وَتَرِيَّة noun (rail transit system)
Armenian
1 entries- ֆունիկուլյոր noun (rail transit system)
Basque
1 entries- funikular noun (rail transit system)
Belarusian
1 entries- фуникулѐр noun (rail transit system)
Bulgarian
3 entries- въ̀жен adj (powered by a rope or cable)
- въ̀жена лѝния noun (rail transit system)
- фуникуле́р noun (rail transit system)
Catalan
2 entries- funicular adj (powered by a rope or cable)
- funicular noun (rail transit system)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 纜索鐵路 /缆索铁路 noun (rail transit system)
Chuvash
1 entries- фуникулёр noun (rail transit system)
Czech
1 entries- pozemní lanovka noun (rail transit system)
Danish
2 entries- kabeldrevet adj (powered by a rope or cable)
- kabelbane noun (rail transit system)
Dutch
3 entries- funiculaire noun (rail transit system)
- kabelbaan noun (rail transit system)
- kabelspoorbaan noun (rail transit system)
Esperanto
1 entries- funikularo noun (rail transit system)
Finnish
2 entries- funikulaari noun (rail transit system)
- kiskoköysirata noun (rail transit system)
French
2 entries- funiculaire adj (powered by a rope or cable)
- funiculaire noun (rail transit system)
Georgian
1 entries- ფუნიკულიორი noun (rail transit system)
German
1 entries- Standseilbahn noun (rail transit system)
Hindi
1 entries- रज्जुरेल noun (rail transit system)
Hungarian
1 entries- siklóvasút noun (rail transit system)
Icelandic
1 entries- fjallatoglest noun (rail transit system)
Italian
1 entries- funicolare noun (rail transit system)
Japanese
2 entries- ケーブルカー noun (rail transit system)
- 鋼索鉄道 noun (rail transit system)
Korean
1 entries- 강삭철도 noun (rail transit system)
Latvian
2 entries- funikulers noun (rail transit system)
- funikulieris noun (rail transit system)
Ligurian
1 entries- funicolâre noun (rail transit system)
Lithuanian
1 entries- funikulierius noun (rail transit system)
Macedonian
1 entries- искачница noun (rail transit system)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kabelbane noun (rail transit system)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kabelbane noun (rail transit system)
Polish
1 entries- funikular noun (rail transit system)
Portuguese
2 entries- funicular adj (powered by a rope or cable)
- funicular noun (rail transit system)
Romanian
1 entries- funicular noun (rail transit system)
Russian
1 entries- фуникулёр noun (rail transit system)
Samogitian
1 entries- fonėkolierios noun (rail transit system)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- uspìnjača noun (rail transit system)
- успѝњача noun (rail transit system)
Slovak
1 entries- pozemná lanovka noun (rail transit system)
Slovene
2 entries- funikular noun (rail transit system)
- tirna vzpenjača noun (rail transit system)
Spanish
1 entries- funicular noun (rail transit system)
Swedish
1 entries- bergbana noun (rail transit system)
Turkish
2 entries- füniküler adj (powered by a rope or cable)
- füniküler noun (rail transit system)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фунікуле́р noun (rail transit system)
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