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The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Borrowed from Swedish orientering, from orientera (“orient, orientate”) + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مِلَاحَة
(milāḥa)
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Bulgarian:
туристическо ориентиране
(turističesko orientirane)
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Chinese:
定向
(dìngxiàng)
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Czech:
orientační běh
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Danish:
orienteringsløb
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Dutch:
oriëntatieloop
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Estonian:
orienteerumine
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Finnish:
suunnistaminen
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Finnish:
suunnistus
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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French:
course d'orientation
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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German:
Orientierungslauf
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Hungarian:
tájfutás
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Hungarian:
tájékozódási futás
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Icelandic:
ratleikur
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Irish:
rianadóireacht
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Italian:
orientamento
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Latvian:
orientēšanās sports
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Māori:
awhe ararau
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Norwegian Bokmål:
orientering
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
orientering
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Portuguese:
orientação
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Russian:
ориенти́рование
(orijentírovanije)
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Slovak:
orientačný beh
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Spanish:
orientación
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Swedish:
orientering
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass
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Turkish:
oryantiring
— racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass