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gondola

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gon·do·la  (gndl-, gn-dl)
n.
1. Nautical
a. A lightweight narrow barge with ends that curve up into a point and often a small cabin in the middle, propelled with a single oar from the stern and used on the canals of Venice.
b. A flatbottom riverboat.
2. A gondola car.
3. A basket, enclosure, or instrument sling suspended from and carried aloft by a balloon.
4. An enclosed structure suspended from a cable, used for conveying passengers, as to and from a ski slope.

[Italian, from Old Italian gondula.]

gondola
Noun
1. a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem, traditionally used on the canals of Venice
2. a moving cabin suspended from a cable, used as a ski lift [Italian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gondolagondola - a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof
freight car - a railway car that carries freight
2.gondola - long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice
boat - a small vessel for travel on water
3.gondolagondola - the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
airship, dirigible - a steerable self-propelled aircraft
compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
Translations

gondola [ˈgɔndələ] ngóndola
gondola [ˈgɔndələ] ngondole f
gondola [ˈgɔndələ] nGondel f
gondola [ˈgɔndələ] ngondola

gondola
n gondola [ˈgondələ]
1 a long narrow boat used on the canals of Venice. gondel زورَق من زوارق البُنْدُقِيَّه гондола gondola gondol die Gondel γόνδολα góndola gondel قایق ونیزی؛ گندولا gondoli gondole גוֹנדוֹלָה विशेष रूप से वेनिस की नहरों में उपयोग की जानी वाली नौका, नाव gondola gondola gondola gondóll gondola ゴンドラ 곤돌라 gondola gondola gondola gondel gondol gondola gôndola gondolă гондола gondola gondola gondola gondol เรือแจวโดยสารท้องแบนลำตัวยาวในลำคลองกรุงเวนิส gondol 威尼斯平底船 гондола وینس کی نہروں میں چلنے والی ہلکی چپٹے بیندوں والی کشتیاں thuyền gônđôla
2 a kind of safety cage for people who are working on the outside of a tall building to stand in. gondel قَفَص حول العمارة يقف عليه العُمّال платформа klec gondol die Sicherheitsgondel κρεμαστή σκαλωσιά góndola kaitsepuur اتاقک متحرک turvahäkki nacelle גוֹנדוֹלָה ऊंची इमारतों में काम करने के लिए पिंजड़ा नुमा ढांचा teretni plato kabin gondola öryggisbúr piattaforma sospesa つりかご 조롱 krepšys piekaru grozs (strādāšanai lielā augstumā) gondola gondel arbeidsheis platforma gaiola nacelă люлька klietka gondola gondola skyddskorg เรือกอนโดลา iskele asansörü 安全吊籠 відкритий підйомник اونچی عمارتوں کے پاس کام کرنے والوں کے لۓ حفاظتی بنجرہ giỏ khí cầu
n gondoˈlier [-ˈliə]
a person who rows a gondola. gondelier نوتي الزورَق، سائِق الغوندولا гонделиер gondoliér gondolier der Gondoliere γονδολιέρης gondolero gondoljeer گوندولا ران gondolieeri gondolier/-ière גוֹנדוֹלייֵר नौका-चालक vozač gondole gondolás tukang gondola gondólaræðari gondoliere ゴンドラの船頭 곤돌라 사공 gondolininkas gondoljers pendayung gondola gondelier gondolfører gondolier gondoleiro gondolier гондольер gondoliér gondoljer gondolijer gondoljär คนแจวเรือกอนโดลาในเมืองเวนิส gondolcü 平底船的船夫 гондольєр کشتی چلانے والا شخص người chèo thuyền gônđôla


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Towards six o'clock his gondola took him back, with another fine appetite, to meet some travelling acquaintances with whom he had engaged to dine at the table d'hote.
The gondola stopped, the old palace was there; it was a house of the class which in Venice carries even in extreme dilapidation the dignified name.
Gondola after gondola swept up to the marble steps, and left its lovely load to swell the brilliant throng that filled the stately halls of Count Adelon.
 
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