Autobahn
(in Germany and Austria) a superhighway; expressway.
Contemporary Examples
After two hours, we exited the autobahn onto an old and broken road.
The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi Elliot Ackerman January 20, 2014
The Accident concerns a mysterious crash on the Vienna autobahn, in which a young couple is ejected from a taxi.
Great Weekend Reads The Daily Beast February 3, 2011
noun
a motorway in German-speaking countries
n.
1937, German, from auto “motor car, automobile” + bahn “path, road,” from Middle High German ban, bane “way, road,” literally “strike” (as a swath cut through), from PIE *gwhen- “to strike, kill” (see bane).
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