subterranean
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin subterraneus.
Adjective
subterranean (comparative more subterranean, superlative most subterranean)
- below ground, under the earth, underground
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 52:
- This is a story of north-south connection, and it begins with the fact that late in 1863 the Great Northern Railway completed a subterranean connection from its terminus at King's Cross to the tracks of the Metropolitan enabling the Great Northern to run through to the Met's easterly terminus at Farringdon Street.
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Translations
below ground, under the earth, underground
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