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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: junctio, from jungere; JOIN

junction

 noun
     
junc‧tion S3 [countable]
a place where one road, track etc joins another [= intersection]:
the junction of Abbot Road and Mill Street
Junction 5 on the M40
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