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テルハ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

テルハ

also: テルファー

Meanings

1

noun

telpher

A suspended cable car system used for transporting goods or passengers, often in industrial or mountainous settings.

この工こう場じょうでは、テルハで資し材ざいを運はこんでいる。
In this factory, materials are transported by telpher.

Similar words

ロープウェイ
ロープウェイ is a general term for ropeway or aerial lift, often used for passenger transport, while テルハ specifically refers to a telpher system, typically an electrically driven overhead cable car for industrial use.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'telpher', a portmanteau of 'telephone' and 'ferry', coined in the late 19th century for an electrically driven overhead transport system.