circumnavigation
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- noun
- /ˌsɜrkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪʃən/
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circunnavegación
- A few weeks after Zac completed his solo circumnavigation, a British teen named Mike Perham—who is a few months younger than Zac—completed his solo circumnavigation.
- circumnavigation of the globe
- solo circumnavigation
Examples
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A geologist and mineralogist by training, he had been a member of the scientific team on the famous circumnavigation of the globe by the Austrian frigate Novara in 1857-1859.
Academic text (2005) -
The first successful circumnavigation of the globe took place in the 16th century.
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I do not understand why a movie has not yet been made about the first recorded European circumnavigation of the globe.
Blog text (21) -
Laurence Bergreen's Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Circumnavigation of the Globe brings to life the greatest adventure of the Age of Discovery.
Blog text (21) -
The Global Mariner was also embarked on what can only be seen as an ironic counterenactment of an older project dating back to the very origins of modern imperial dominion, namely the first circumnavigation of the globe by Magellan.
Academic text (2002) -
As planned, we completed our circumnavigation in exactly two years and two days.
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In 1994, a sailor named Bryan Peterson accomplished a remarkable circumnavigation of the world.
Synonyms
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A trip that goes around the world through many countries
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
circumnavigation = circumnavigate (semi-transparent) = circum + navigate + ation
Formed by adding the learned Latin prefix 'circum-' to 'navigate' and then the nominalizing suffix '-ation'; 'circum-' is less familiar to lower-level learners.
Etymology
Circumnavigation comes from the Latin parts circum- 'around' and navigate 'to sail'. Think of circle for 'around' and navigate as 'to find your way', so circumnavigation means traveling all the way around something, like sailing or flying around the world.