mångata

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See also: manĝata

Swedish

en mångata

Etymology

måne (moon) +‎ gata (street, road), known at least since 1890.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːŋˌɡɑːta/

Noun

mångata c

  1. the roadlike reflection of moonlight on water
    • 1893, Hjalmar Söderberg, Margot:
      Nybrovikens tjocka och stilla vatten speglade en bred, glimmande mångata i oljiga ringlar, och utmed kajen reste skutorna en gles och orörlig skog af master och tackling.
      The thick and still water of Nybroviken reflected a broad, glimmering mångata in oily serpents, and along the quay the ships raised a sparse and immobile forest of masts and rigging.
    • 2014, Astrid Lindgren, Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga [New Mischief by Emil], Stockholm Text, →ISBN:
      Tvärs över sjön gick en bred, blank mångata, men inne kring stränderna stod mörkret svart. För nu var det natt och nu var det slut på den 28 juli.
      Across the lake ran a broad, still mångata, but in around the shores there was black darkness . For now it was night, and now the 28th of July had come to an end.

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