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causeway

[ kawz-wey ]

noun

  1. a raised road or path, as across low or wet ground.
  2. a highway or paved way.


verb (used with object)

  1. to pave (a road or street) with cobblestones or pebbles.
  2. to provide with a causeway.

causeway

/ ˈ°ìɔ˳úËŒ·É±ðɪ /

noun

  1. a raised path or road crossing water, marshland, sand, etc
  2. a paved footpath
  3. a road surfaced with setts
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of causeway1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; causey, way 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of causeway1

C15 cauciwey (from cauci + way ); cauci paved road, from Medieval Latin ( via ) calciÄta, calciÄtus paved with limestone, from Latin calx limestone
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On Tuesday, a witness who lives near the causeway said he had been alerted to the incident by the children who were with Kaliyah "shouting, screaming".

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“At Vasagård the deposition of the engraved stones correlates with a change from activities centred on the causewayed enclosure to new rituals taking place in small, circular cult houses inside wooden palisades,†the authors write.

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Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.

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The U.S. military detached the causeway last week to prevent it from breaking apart again, as it did late last month when it was hit by bad weather.

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NICOSIA, Cyprus — Over 4,000 pallets of humanitarian aid have been shipped from Cyprus to Gaza via the U.S-built pier and causeway offshore the Palestinian territory, a Cypriot official said Thursday.

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