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circumnavigation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

traveling around something (by ship or plane)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, traveling, travelling

History

Etymology

From circum- + navigation.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: околосветско плаване (okolosvetsko plavane) — circumnavigating
  • Catalan: circumnavegació — circumnavigating
  • Esperanto: ĉirkaŭnavigado — circumnavigating
  • Finnish: ympäripurjehdus — circumnavigating
  • French: circumnavigation — circumnavigating
  • Greek: περίπλους (períplous) — circumnavigating
  • Italian: circumnavigazione — circumnavigating
  • Japanese: 世界一周 (sekai isshū) — circumnavigating
  • Korean: 세계일주 (segyeilju) — circumnavigating
  • Norwegian: jordomseiling, jordomflyvning — circumnavigating
  • Polish: opłynięcie świata — circumnavigating
  • Portuguese: circum-navegação — circumnavigating
  • Scottish Gaelic: iom-sheòladh — circumnavigating
  • Spanish: circunnavegación — circumnavigating
  • Spanish: circumnavegación — circumnavigating
  • Spanish: bojeo — circumnavigating
  • Spanish: boj — circumnavigating
  • Swedish: kringsegling — circumnavigating
  • Tagalog: tikuplayag — circumnavigating