🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

手荷物受取所

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tenimotsu uketorijo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Baggage hall/ˈbæɡ.ɪdʒ hɔːl/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"乗客は手荷物受取所でスーツケースを待っています。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A large public room or area in an airport where arriving passengers collect their checked luggage.

    "After passing through passport control, the passengers proceeded to the baggage hall to collect their suitcases."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'baggage', derived from Old Northern French 'bagage' (pertaining to bundles or luggage), and 'hall', from Old English 'heall', meaning a large room or building. It emerged in the mid-20th century with the expansion of commercial aviation to designate the specific airport area dedicated to luggage retrieval.

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🇫🇷French → English

salle des bagages

Transliteration: sal de ba.ɡaʒ

"Les passagers attendent leurs valises dans la salle des bagages."

🇩🇪German → English

Gepäckhalle

Transliteration: ɡəˈpɛkˌhalə

"Die Passagiere holten ihr Gepäck in der Gepäckhalle ab."

🇮🇹Italian → English

sala ritiro bagagli

Transliteration: ˈsala riˈtiːro baˈɡaʎʎi

"Ci siamo incontrati nella sala ritiro bagagli dell'aeroporto."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

sala de recogida de equipajes

Transliteration: ˈsala de rekoˈɣiða ðe ekiˈpaXes

"El vuelo ha llegado y los pasajeros están en la sala de recogida de equipajes."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

sala de restituição de bagagens

Transliteration: ˈsalɐ dʒi ʁestituˈsɐ̃w dʒi baˈɡɐ̃ʒis

"As malas foram entregues na sala de restituição de bagagens."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

सामान दावा कक्ष

Transliteration: samaan dawa kaksh

"यात्री अपने सामान के लिए सामान दावा कक्ष में गए।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

行李提取大厅

Transliteration: xíngli tíqǔ dàtīng

"请前往行李提取大厅领取您的行李。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

수하물 수취인 구역

Transliteration: suhamul suchwisin guyeok

"승객들은 수하물 수취 구역에서 가방을 기다리고 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

手荷物受取所

Transliteration: tenimotsu uketorijo

"乗客は手荷物受取所でスーツケースを待っています。"

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