am·bu·lance
 ambulance
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a vehicle used to carry ill or injured people to a hospital.
When he fell off the roof, she called an ambulance.
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The English word
ambulance was formed from
hopital ambulant, French words that mean "walking hospital." It was first used in the 1800s as a name for the carts that carried soldiers injured in the Crimean War. In the Crimean War, France and England were allies and fought against Russia.