Meanings
autostrade1
plural autostrades
- A highway in southern Europe.
An autostrade at last where we could make up a bit for lost time!
1949, Clara Longworth Comtesse de Chambrun, Shadows Lengthen: The Story of My Life, page 802 more examples
He also had business in several foreign countries and I recall that he mentioned to me at one time a plan for an autostrade across the Polish corridor.
1948, Pierre Laval, The Unpublished Diary of Pierre Laval, page 37Granted, there's no seatbelt, so it could have been a James Dean tragic scenario in the event of an autostrade collision.
2015, Suze Clemitson, Ride the Revolution: The Inside Stories from Women in Cycling, →ISBN
autostrade2
- pluralplural of autostrada
Origin
- Italianautostrade
- Italianautostrade
- Englishautostrade
Borrowed from Italian autostrade.
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