"orienteering" meaning in English

See orienteering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish orientering, from orientera (“orient, orientate”) + -ing. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|sv|orientering}} Borrowed from Swedish orientering, {{suffix|sv|orientera|ing|nocat=1|t1=orient, orientate}} orientera (“orient, orientate”) + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} orienteering (uncountable)
  1. (sports) The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass. Wikipedia link: orienteering Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Derived forms: ski orienteering Translations (racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass): مِلَاحَة (milāḥa) (Arabic), туристическо ориентиране (turističesko orientirane) (Bulgarian), 定向 (dìngxiàng) (Chinese), orientační běh [masculine] (Czech), orienteringsløb [neuter] (Danish), orienteerumine (Estonian), suunnistaminen (Finnish), suunnistus (Finnish), course d’orientation [feminine] (French), Orientierungslauf [masculine] (German), tájfutás (Hungarian), tájékozódási futás (Hungarian), ratleikur [masculine] (Icelandic), rianadóireacht [feminine] (Irish), orientamento [masculine] (Italian), orientēšanās sports [masculine] (Latvian), awhe ararau (Maori), orientering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), orientering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), orientação [feminine] (Portuguese), ориенти́рование (orijentírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), orientación [feminine] (Spanish), orientering [common-gender] (Swedish)
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