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traffic island

noun

  1. a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.


traffic island

noun

  1. a raised area in the middle of a road, designed as a guide for traffic and to provide a stopping place for pedestrians
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of traffic island1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Ms Knowles said there was a traffic island at the spot and people were walking across the road with wheelie bins while traffic was trying to manoeuvre around them.

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With the old stadium headed for demolition, it was placed on a grassy traffic island at the foot of a Manhattan exit ramp — a lonely greeter, to a mostly empty island.

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A descendent of Lord Byron wants a statue of the poet moved from a traffic island in central London.

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As we neared the end of the tour, we stopped through Verdi Square, the irregularly shaped traffic island named for the Italian opera composer.

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The clandestine Epstein Barr virus - a terrible fatiguing condition for an endurance athlete to suffer - preceded several crashes, most notably a huge somersault after colliding with a traffic island in Italy.

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