/ ˈdʒʌŋkʃn; NAmE / noun
1.
( especially BrE ) ( NAmE usually inter·sec·tion ) the place where two or more roads or railway / railroad lines meet :
It was near the junction of City Road and Old Street.
Come off the motorway at junction 6.
2.
a place where two or more cables, rivers or other things meet or are joined :
a telephone junction box
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent. (originally meaning the action or fact of being joined): from Latin junctio(n-) , from jungere to join.