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causeway

[kawz-wey] / ˈkɔzˌweɪ /
NOUN
dike/dyke
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NOUN
embankment
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A causeway was created so people could access the island and church.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

Illustrations from the era show Malinche, serving as translator, as a prominent figure during Cortés’ epochal meeting with Moctezuma on Nov. 8, 1519, on a causeway leading to Tenochtitlán.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2026

The result is a 2,700-foot causeway where ferries or civilian cargo ships could pull up.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 2025

At the Auckland Outboard Boating Club, members were having a Wednesday-night drink when one of them noticed a Zodiac lying abandoned on the causeway.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

The din was on the causeway: a horse was coming; the windings of the lane yet hid it, but it approached.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Across the causeways and located directly on the beach, Untitled had even more to enjoy.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

Television’s Memory Lane has as many versions as there are Atlanta streets named Peachtree, with only a few of those causeways seeing heavy traffic.

From Salon Oct. 13, 2023

It was a massive island city with large causeways that connected it to the shores of the lake.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

The causeways connecting the island to the mainland were strewn with palm fronds, pine needles and even a kayak retrieved from a nearby shoreline.

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2022

Even when Indians built causeways, not all mounds are connected to each other, a fact Erickson was hoping to use to decipher the relations between groups.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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