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PRONUNCIATION OF WELLAND SHIP CANAL

Welland Ship Canal  [ˈwelənd ʃɪp kəˈnæl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WELLAND SHIP CANAL

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WHAT DOES WELLAND SHIP CANAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Welland Ship Canal

Welland Canal

The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Traversing the Niagara Peninsula from Port Weller to Port Colborne, the canal forms a key section of the St. Lawrence Seaway, enabling ships to ascend and descend the Niagara Escarpment and bypass Niagara Falls. Approximately 40,000,000 tonnes of cargo are carried through the Welland Canal annually by a traffic of about 3,000 ocean and Great Lakes vessels. This canal was a major factor in the growth of the city of Toronto. The original canal and its successors allowed goods from Great Lakes ports such as Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago, as well as heavily industrialized areas of the United States and Ontario, to be shipped to the port of Montreal or to Quebec City, where they were usually reloaded onto ocean-going vessels for international shipping. By providing a relatively short and direct connection to Lake Erie, the Welland Canal eclipsed other, narrower canals in the region as...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WELLAND SHIP CANAL


canal
kəˈnæl
Diconal
ˈdaɪkəˌnæl
ethanal
ˈɛθəˌnæl
Guadalcanal
ˌɡwɑːdəlkəˈnæl
methanal
ˈmɛθəˌnæl
piperonal
ˈpɪpərəʊˌnæl
rhodinal
ˈrəʊdɪˌnæl
tetronal
ˈtɛtrəˌnæl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WELLAND SHIP CANAL

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WORDS THAT END LIKE WELLAND SHIP CANAL

alimentary canal
anal
anal canal
artisanal
banal
birth canal
Caledonian Canal
Corinth Canal
Erie Canal
fanal
Grand Canal
Grand Union Canal
Houston Ship Canal
Mittelland Canal
New York State Barge Canal
Panama Canal
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Suez Canal
Welland Canal

Synonyms and antonyms of Welland Ship Canal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Welland Ship Canal» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

韦兰运河
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Welland Ship Canal
570 millions of speakers

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Welland Ship Canal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Welland पोत नहर
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Translator English - Arabic

قناة ويلاند السفينة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Уэлленд судоходный канал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Welland Ship Canal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওয়েলন্ড শিপ খাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Canal Welland
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Translator English - Malay

Terusan Kapal Welland
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Welland Ship Canal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウェランド運河
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웰 랜드 운하 선박
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Terusan Ship Welland
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Welland Ship Canal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெல்லாண்ட் கப்பல் கால்வாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेलंड जहाज कालवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Welland Gemi Kanalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Welland Ship Canal
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Translator English - Polish

Welland Ship Canal
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Уелленд судноплавний канал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Welland Ship Canal
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Translator English - Greek

Welland Ship Canal
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Welland Ship Canal
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Translator English - Swedish

Welland Ship Canal
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Welland Ship Canal
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WELLAND SHIP CANAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Welland Ship Canal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELLAND SHIP CANAL»

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Popular Mechanics
NEW WELLAND SHIP CANAL HAS ONLY SEVEN LOCKS That Montreal may have more shipping, the Canadian authorities are about to build a new canal through the Welland route, which materially shortens the passage between Lakes Erie ...
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The Welland Canals and Their Communities: Engineering, ...
'Chippawa Creek Syphon Culvert of the Welland Ship Canal.' Engineering Journal 12.2 Grant, A.J. (Engineer in Charge, Welland Ship Canal). 1927. Welland Ship Canal. Welland County Historical Society, vol. 3 - 1 93 1. Annual Report Fiscal ...
John N. Jackson, 1997
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Popular Mechanics
For the new Welland ship canal, cutting a twenty-five- mile slice straight across Niagara peninsula, in Ontario, is nothing short of a monument to which future generations will point with pride. Projected by the Canadian government, at a cost of ...
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Popular Mechanics
A View during Construction of Lock Number Six of the New Welland Ship Canal, as Seen from the Upper West Entrance Wall: Each of the Locks, of Which There Are Seven, Has a Usable Length of 800 Feet, a Usable Width of 80 Feet, and a ...
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The Economic Development of the British Overseas Empire
So far as the new Welland Ship Canal is an attempt to divert the grain traffic from the American to the Canadian route, it is but the most recent phase of a struggle which has been going on since the early part of the nineteenth century.
L. C. A. Knowles, Lilian Charlotte Anne Knowles, Charles Matthew Knowles, 2005
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World’s Waterways, The
LOOKING CLOSER The Welland Ship Canal The Wetland Ship Canal is an important part of the St. Lawrence Seaway. It connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and allows ships to pass safely around Niagara Falls. In 1973, the canal was ...
Ashleigh Young, 2007
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Valley (England) USE Welland Valley (England) Welland Canal (Ont.) UF Welland Ship Canal (Ont.) BT Canals-Ontario Welland Ship Canal (Ont.) USE Welland Canal (Ont.) Welland Valley (England) UF Welland, River, Valley ( England) BT ...
Library of Congress, 2006
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the cambridge history of the british empire
... be carried to Montreal at a rate with which even an improved Erie Canal could not compete.8 The factors, therefore, which turned the decision in favour of the construction of the Welland Ship Canal were the greater accommodation provided ...
Henry Dodwell, 1929
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Popular Science
... Isthmus — Opening soon, it has world's longest lock RIVALING the Panama Canal, and in many respects surpassing it , in magnitude, the Welland Ship Canal, most stupendous canal ever built to join two fresh-water lakes, soon will be open ...
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Popular Science
It is the work of George Ollert, inventor, and Hans Rott- mayer, architect, both of Berlin, and was designed for use in the Welland Ship Canal between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Two of the locks, they calculate, would take the place of the ...

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELLAND SHIP CANAL»

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124 dead, forgotten for 80 years
They began after her father's first day of work on the Welland Canal. ... not even included in the official 1935 chronicle of the canal titled The Welland Ship Canal. «Welland Tribune, Apr 13»

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