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Etymology
From the similarity of the stripes to those of a zebra.

Noun
zebra crossing (plural zebra crossings)

1. A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street.

Translations

Some of these (e.g. French, German) are just "pedestrian" rather than "zebra" crossing.

Dutch: zebrapad n
Finnish: suojatie
French: passage clouté m, passage piéton m
German: Zebrastreifen m
Italian: attraversamento zebrato m
Romanian: trecere de pietoni f, zebr� f
Russian: пе�е�одн�й пе�е�од m, поло�а��й пе�е�од m, зеб�а f, зеб�а пе�е�од m
Swedish: övergångsställe

See also
crosswalk
island
pedestrian crossing
ped xing
pelican crossing
puffin crossing
toucan crossing

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