"circumnavigation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-circumnavigation.wav Forms: circumnavigations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From circum- + navigation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|circum|navigation}} circum- + navigation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} circumnavigation (countable and uncountable, plural circumnavigations)
  1. The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: periplus Hypernyms: navigation Derived forms: circumnavigational Translations (circumnavigating): околосветско плаване (okolosvetsko plavane) (Bulgarian), circumnavegació [feminine] (Catalan), ĉirkaŭnavigado (Esperanto), ympäripurjehdus (Finnish), circumnavigation [feminine] (French), περίπλους (períplous) [masculine] (Greek), circumnavigazione [feminine] (Italian), 世界一周 (sekai isshū) (Japanese), 세계일주 (segyeilju) (alt: 世界一周) (Korean), circum-navegação [feminine] (Portuguese), iom-sheòladh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), circunnavegación [feminine] (Spanish), circumnavegación [feminine] (Spanish), bojeo [masculine] (Spanish), boj [masculine] (Spanish), kringsegling [common-gender] (Swedish), tikuplayag (Tagalog)

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