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Translingual
Description
The painted horse of a carousel, facing left.
Symbol
🎠︎
- (cartography) Indicates an amusement park.
- 2015, “Selected Tourist and Leisure Information”, in OS Explorer / 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster (in English), Ordnance Survey, page 2:
- 🎠︎ Theme/pleasure park
Usage notes
The use of a carousel to represent an amusement park is because of its recognisability and uniqueness to the parks. Carnivals, which often employ carousels, are temporary and as such do not need to be indicated on a map.
Synonyms
- 🎡︎ (“a Ferris wheel”)
- 🎢︎ (“a rollercoaster”)
Further reading
- “🎠 Carousel Horse”, in Emojipedia, 2013–present.