fervojo
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Etymology edit
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).
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Noun edit
fervojo (accusative singular fervojon, plural fervojoj, accusative plural fervojojn)