hairpin bend

Etymology
The shape resembles a hairpin.

Noun

 * 1) An acute curve, often one of a series, in a road, especially on a steep incline.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: haarnaalddraai
 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: revolt tancat
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, neulansilmämutka
 * French: virage en épingle à cheveux
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, curva a gomito
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 급커브
 * Macedonian: о́стра кри́вина, о́стар за́вој, серпенти́на
 * Manx: lhoob geyre, lhoob giare
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hårnålssving
 * Nynorsk: hårnålssving
 * Piedmontese: torniché, tornant
 * Polish: ostry zakręt
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: крутой поворот дороги
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: серпанти́н
 * West Frisian: hierspjeldebocht