ramblan.

Brit.

/ˈramblə/, U.S.

/ˈrɑmblə/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Partly a borrowing from Catalan. Etymons: Spanish rambla; Catalan rambla.

Etymology: Partly < Spanish rambla dry river-bed (second half of the 13th cent.), road built on a dry river-bed (14th cent.), and partly < Catalan rambla (late 13th cent. with reference to a street in Valencia), both ultimately < Arabic ramla sandy tract, sandy ground, feminine noun corresponding to raml sand. Compare also post-classical Latin rambla (1249 in a Catalan source).With use in plural compare Spanish Las Ramblas, the name of the avenue in Barcelona, which is made up of several sections named la rambla de.., referring to various trades and landmarks. In Catalan the avenue is called La Rambla (singular).

1. Esp. in cities of eastern Spain: a broad street built on a dry river-bed; spec. (now usually in plural) (the name of) an avenue in central Barcelona.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > wide > in Spain, Russia, Italy

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1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain iv. 18 At this corner the rampart joins the Rambla, a long irregular street, which they have begun to level and widen, with the intention of planting an avenue down the middle.

a1820 G. Croly Sebastian xiii, in Poet. Wks. (1830) II. 204 Thy morning streets were fill'd with pageantry; At eve thy Rambla rang with dance and song.

1829 A. S. Mackenzie Year in Spain i. 37 Our fonda was situated..upon the Rambla, an immense highway through the city, the chief thoroughfare and promenade of Barcelona.

1873 Amer. Cycl. II. 304/1 Foremost among its numerous promenades is the Rambla (so called from the Arabic raml, sand, applied to a dry river bed, used as a road).

1923 S. B. May Men, Maidens, & Mantillas xiv. 313 The men along the rambla, sons and grandsons of those who fought for Uruguay with musket, lance, or dirk, strolled amiably in these days of peace.

1968 Encycl. Brit. III. 154/2 Cutting through the old city to the west is the street called the Ramblas leading from the Puerta de la Paz to the Plaza de Cataluña, the centre of the modern Barcelona where are numerous banking houses.

1996 Holiday Which? Mar. 115/2 A vibrant city where street entertainers animate the famous, irresistible Ramblas.

2. In Spain: the dry bed of a temporary or transitory stream, often used as a road; a ravine, usually a waterless one.

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1789 tr. J.-F. de Bourgoing Trav. Spain III. 165 The roads from Lumberas to Veles el Rubio are frightful; you travel five leagues in a Rambla, or channel of a torrent, seeing nothing but deserts.

1829 W. Irving Chron. Conq. Granada I. xii. 97 Sometimes their road was a mere rambla, or dry bed of a torrent.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 398 Three long L[eagues], by a rambla of red rocks, lead to Berja.

1898 Contemp. Rev. May 723 At length they came to the edge of the mountain, down which the road now climbs, completely broken up by barrancos and ramblas, of vast depth, and shagged with rocks and precipices.

1923 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 509/2 Before we reached this rambla, coming around a series of sharp bends down a hillside to a lower level, we were tempted by a combination of sun, dust, and the fortuitous appearance of a wayside venta to halt the Colonel.

1960 Geogr. Rev. 50 60 Long stretches of drainage channels have been filled up..with erosion debris of rock fragments, gravel, and sand. Such debris-choked channels are called ramblas.

1977 New Yorker 16 May 34/3 On the perimeter of the terrace were a four-foot-high chain-link fence, then a narrow rambla, and then another..fence.

2004 J. B. Thornes & J. Wainwright Environmental Issues in Mediterranean iv. xvii. 346 Local municipalities without proper treatment plants release sewage into the ramblas, causing contamination widely throughout the Mediterranean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rambla
释义	ramblan. Brit. /ˈramblə/, U.S. /ˈrɑmblə/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Partly a borrowing from Catalan. Etymons: Spanish rambla; Catalan rambla. Etymology: Partly < Spanish rambla dry river-bed (second half of the 13th cent.), road built on a dry river-bed (14th cent.), and partly < Catalan rambla (late 13th cent. with reference to a street in Valencia), both ultimately < Arabic ramla sandy tract, sandy ground, feminine noun corresponding to raml sand. Compare also post-classical Latin rambla (1249 in a Catalan source).With use in plural compare Spanish Las Ramblas, the name of the avenue in Barcelona, which is made up of several sections named la rambla de.., referring to various trades and landmarks. In Catalan the avenue is called La Rambla (singular). 1. Esp. in cities of eastern Spain: a broad street built on a dry river-bed; spec. (now usually in plural) (the name of) an avenue in central Barcelona. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > wide > in Spain, Russia, Italy rambla1779 prospekt1836 prospect1844 viale1969 1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain iv. 18 At this corner the rampart joins the Rambla, a long irregular street, which they have begun to level and widen, with the intention of planting an avenue down the middle. a1820 G. Croly Sebastian xiii, in Poet. Wks. (1830) II. 204 Thy morning streets were fill'd with pageantry; At eve thy Rambla rang with dance and song. 1829 A. S. Mackenzie Year in Spain i. 37 Our fonda was situated..upon the Rambla, an immense highway through the city, the chief thoroughfare and promenade of Barcelona. 1873 Amer. Cycl. II. 304/1 Foremost among its numerous promenades is the Rambla (so called from the Arabic raml, sand, applied to a dry river bed, used as a road). 1923 S. B. May Men, Maidens, & Mantillas xiv. 313 The men along the rambla, sons and grandsons of those who fought for Uruguay with musket, lance, or dirk, strolled amiably in these days of peace. 1968 Encycl. Brit. III. 154/2 Cutting through the old city to the west is the street called the Ramblas leading from the Puerta de la Paz to the Plaza de Cataluña, the centre of the modern Barcelona where are numerous banking houses. 1996 Holiday Which? Mar. 115/2 A vibrant city where street entertainers animate the famous, irresistible Ramblas. 2. In Spain: the dry bed of a temporary or transitory stream, often used as a road; a ravine, usually a waterless one. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > gorge or ravine cloughc1330 heugha1400 straitc1400 gillc1440 gulfa1533 gull1553 gap1555 coomb1578 gullet1600 nick1606 goyle1617 gully1637 nullah1656 ravine1687 barrancaa1691 kloof1731 ravin1746 water gap1756 gorge1769 arroyo1777 quebrada1787 rambla1789 flume1792 linn1799 cañada1814 gulch1832 cañon1834 canyon1837 khud1837 couloir1855 draw1864 box canyon1869 sitch1888 tangi1901 opena1903 1789 tr. J.-F. de Bourgoing Trav. Spain III. 165 The roads from Lumberas to Veles el Rubio are frightful; you travel five leagues in a Rambla, or channel of a torrent, seeing nothing but deserts. 1829 W. Irving Chron. Conq. Granada I. xii. 97 Sometimes their road was a mere rambla, or dry bed of a torrent. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 398 Three long L[eagues], by a rambla of red rocks, lead to Berja. 1898 Contemp. Rev. May 723 At length they came to the edge of the mountain, down which the road now climbs, completely broken up by barrancos and ramblas, of vast depth, and shagged with rocks and precipices. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 509/2 Before we reached this rambla, coming around a series of sharp bends down a hillside to a lower level, we were tempted by a combination of sun, dust, and the fortuitous appearance of a wayside venta to halt the Colonel. 1960 Geogr. Rev. 50 60 Long stretches of drainage channels have been filled up..with erosion debris of rock fragments, gravel, and sand. Such debris-choked channels are called ramblas. 1977 New Yorker 16 May 34/3 On the perimeter of the terrace were a four-foot-high chain-link fence, then a narrow rambla, and then another..fence. 2004 J. B. Thornes & J. Wainwright Environmental Issues in Mediterranean iv. xvii. 346 Local municipalities without proper treatment plants release sewage into the ramblas, causing contamination widely throughout the Mediterranean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1779
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