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wagon

Pronunciation: /ʋaːˈɣɔn/

“wagon” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a train car, a wagon (railway carriage, a nonpowered unit in a railroad train)

Etymology

Borrowed from English waggon, itself from Middle Dutch wagen. Doublet of wagen. The pronunciation was likely influenced by French wagon, which was also borrowed from English.

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