taubane

Norwegian Bokmål

Gibraltars taubane

Etymology

From tau + bane

Noun

taubane m (definite singular taubanen, indefinite plural taubaner, definite plural taubanene)

  1. an aerial cableway, or aerial tramway (US), cable car
    • 2011, "Kullunge" by Monica Kristensen, Forlaget Press →ISBN
      Det var ikke mer enn noen år siden Store Norske hadde bestemt at det skulle bli slutt med å frakte kull fra gruvene med kibber som hang høyt over bakken i taubaner på kryss og tvers over bebyggelsen.
      It was no more than a few years since Store Norske had decided it would stop carrying coal from the mines in tubs that hung high above the ground on aerial cableways that criss-crossed over the buildings.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From tau + bane

Noun

taubane m (definite singular taubanen, indefinite plural taubanar, definite plural taubanane)
taubane f (definite singular taubana, indefinite plural taubaner, definite plural taubanene)

  1. an aerial cableway, or aerial tramway (US), cable car

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