ゴンドラ

Japanese

ゴンドラ (gondora): a gondola in Venice.
ゴンドラ (gondora): a series of gondolas on a ropeway.

Etymology

From Italian gondola,[1] from Venetian góndoła, likely from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ゴンドラ (rōmaji gondora)

  1. a gondola (a kind of boat)
  2. a gondola, a cablecar (a kind of cabin or passenger compartment on a gondola lift or ropeway)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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