vagn
“vagn” is a Swedish word. Its 12 meanings in English:
noun
- a carriage; a cart; a wagon (horse-drawn vehicle)
- a chariot
- an unpowered railway vehicle; (US) a railroad car, (UK) a railway carriage, (UK) a railway wagon
- a self-propelled railway vehicle; a railcar
- a tram, (US) a streetcar, (US) a trolley
- a trailer
- a shopping cart, (UK) a shopping trolley
- a cart, (UK) a trolley
- a baby carriage, (UK) a pram; (US) a stroller, (UK) a pushchair
- a carriage (on a typewriter)
- a car, particularly a cheap one
- a military tank
Etymology
From Old Swedish vaghn, from Old Norse vagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“cart, wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
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