fervojo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From fero (“iron”) +‎ vojo (“way”), a calque of German Eisenbahn. Compare Yiddish אײַזנבאַן (ayznban), Italian ferrovia, French voie ferrée, Spanish ferrovía, Russian желе́зная доро́га (želéznaja doróga), Hungarian vasút, Latvian dzelzceļš, Japanese 鉄道 (tetsudō). First attested in 1889. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ferˈvojo/ Rhymes: -ojo Syllabification: fer‧vo‧jo Hyphenation: fer‧vojo === Noun === fervojo (accusative singular fervojon, plural fervojoj, accusative plural fervojojn) railway, railroad (metal track(s) used by trains for transportation) ==== Related terms ==== fervoja === References === === Further reading ===