gondola
noun/ˈɡɒndələ/
/ˈɡɑːndələ/, /ɡɑːnˈdəʊlə/
- a long boat with a flat bottom and high parts at each end, used on canals in VeniceTopics Transport by waterc2
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- the part on a cable car or ski lift where the passengers sit
- (especially North American English) the part of a hot air balloon or airship where the passengers sit
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Venetian Italian, from a Romance dialect word gondolà ‘to rock, roll’.
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