GONDOLA Definition & Meaning

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gondola

[ gon-dl-uh gon-doh-luh ]

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noun

a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall, ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the stern, facing forward: used especially on the canals of Venice, Italy.
a passenger compartment suspended beneath a balloon or airship. Compare car ¹( def 4 ).
an enclosed cabin suspended from an overhead cable, used to transport passengers up and down a ski slope or over scenic or treacherous terrain.
Also called gondola car. an open railroad freight car with low sides, for transporting bulk freight and manufactured goods.
a truck whose bed or trailer is a hopper, as for transporting mixed cement.
a freestanding structure for displaying merchandise in a retail establishment, as a supermarket.
a chair or couch having a gondola back.

gondola

/ ˈɡɒ�Ի�ə��ə /

noun

a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem and a platform at the stern where an oarsman stands and propels the boat by sculling or punting: traditionally used on the canals of Venice
1. a car or cabin suspended from an airship or balloon
2. a moving cabin suspended from a cable across a valley, etc
a flat-bottomed barge used on canals and rivers of the US as far west as the Mississippi
a low open flat-bottomed railway goods wagon
a set of island shelves in a self-service shop: used for displaying goods
a broadcasting booth built close to the roof over an ice-hockey arena, used by commentators

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gondola¹

1540–50; < Italian < Venetian, probably < Medieval Greek ��ǲԳٴ�ú�� small boat used in coastal navigation, noun use of feminine of ��ó�Գٴǳܰ��ǲ� short, clipped, literally, dock-tailed, equivalent to Late Greek kont ( ó�� ), kond ( ó�� ) short + Greek -ouros -tailed, adj. derivative of �ǳܰ�á tail

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gondola¹

C16: from Italian (Venetian dialect), from Medieval Latin gondula, perhaps ultimately from Greek kondu drinking vessel

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But for him to insist, as he did to Hernández, that there’s nothing political about it is as laughable as the proposed Dodger Stadium gondola.

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In the present, we’ve warred over a proposed gondola to carry Dodgers fans from Union Station to Dodger Stadium.

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You can feel his brains whirring in every shot of “The Brutalist,” zooming as fast as his motif of POV shots from a speeding bus, train and gondola.

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Images taken by the BBC showed wires from at least two gondolas on the ride tangled up with each other.

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Images taken by the BBC show wires from at least two gondolas on the 55m tall City Flyer ride tangled up with each other.

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