Meanings
plural ring roads · alternative ringroad
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKA circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
1 more example
Underground stations were also slated for closure, and there were plans for massive ring roads to cater for the ever-growing numbers of people commuting into town by car. […] However, it soon dawned on politicians that this was unsustainable. Much of London would have had to be demolished to make way for the ring roads, and parking was becoming an insuperable difficulty.
2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “9 to 5: The changing face of commuting”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 57Synonyms: beltway, orbital motorway
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian околовръстен път
- околовръстен път (okolovrăsten păt)highway
Catalan ronda
- rondahighway
Chinese Mandarin 環路 /环路, 繞城公路 /绕城公路
- 環路 /环路 (huánlù)highway
- 繞城公路 /绕城公路 (ràochéng gōnglù)highway
Czech okruh
- okruhhighway
Dutch ceintuurbaan, ring
- ceintuurbaanhighway
- ringhighway
- ringweghighway
Finnish kehätie
- kehätiehighway
French périphérique, ring
- périphériquehighway
- ringhighway
- rocadehighway
- route de ceinturehighway
- voie de ceinturehighway
- boulevard de ceinturehighway
German Ringstraße, Umgehungsstraße
- Ringstraßehighway
- Umgehungsstraßehighway
Greek περιφερειακός δρόμος
- περιφερειακός δρόμος (perifereiakós drómos)highway
Hungarian körgyűrű
- körgyűrűhighway
Indonesian jalan lingkar
- jalan lingkarhighway
Irish cuarbhóthar, bóthar cuarach
- cuarbhótharhighway
- bóthar cuarachhighway
Italian circonvallazione
- circonvallazionehighway
Japanese 環状道路
- 環状道路 (kanjō dōro)highway
Korean 순환선
- 순환선 (sunhwanseon)highway
Lithuanian lankstas
- lankstashighway
Malay jalan lingkaran
- jalan lingkaranhighway
Norwegian Bokmål ringvei
- ringveihighway
Polish obwodnica
- obwodnicahighway
Portuguese anel rodoviário, contorno
- anel rodoviáriohighway
- contornohighway
- circularhighway
- circunvalaçãohighway
Romanian centură
- centurăhighway
Russian кольцева́я доро́га, окружна́я доро́га
- кольцева́я доро́га (kolʹcevája doróga)highway
- окружна́я доро́га (okružnája doróga)highway
- кольцева́я (kolʹcevája)highway
- окружна́я (okružnája)highway
Spanish circunvalación
- circunvalaciónhighway
Swedish ringväg, ringled
- ringväghighway
- ringledhighway
Ukrainian кільцева́ доро́га, кільцева́
- кільцева́ доро́га (kilʹcevá doróha)highway
- кільцева́ (kilʹcevá)highway
Welsh cylchffordd
- cylchfforddhighway
Cite this entry
ring road. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ring%20road
“ring road.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ring%20road. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ring road,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ring%20road.
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