Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of sailing round the earth, or any body of land or water.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
WordNet 3.0
- n. traveling around something (by ship or plane)
Examples
“Seaglegs amphibious RIB has completed a 1620 kilometer "circumnavigation" of the Malaysian Peninsula in a record time of”
“In January 2009, a wave glider completed a nine-day circumnavigation of Hawaii's Big Island.”
The Wall Street Journal: Where Data Depend on Catching a Wave
“Walsingham replies, As Your Majesty instructed, we did not attempt to venture inside but we made a complete circumnavigation of the outer wall, which is, by the way, in good repair.”
Simon & Schuster: Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
“Sunderland embarked Jan. 23 after older brother Zac completed a westerly solo circumnavigation at the age of 17.”
“Louis XV, eager to bolster national prestige and expand his empire in the Pacific, launches Louis-Antoine de Bougainville on the first French circumnavigation of the world.”
“I rode through 60 countries on my circumnavigation, and in each country this held true.”
The Huffington Post: Alastair Humphreys: Adventure Will Change Your Life
“MSSecond instalment of Timothy Spall's barge-borne circumnavigation of Britain.”
“Neither mission was a complete success, but after a three-year circumnavigation of the globe, Cook returned to England with enough finely drawn charts and maps to secure himself a place among the greatest explorers.”
“There was a frisson of excitement when it seemed they might even complete their circumnavigation by washing up on the beaches of Cornwall they didn't.”
“My sea kayak circumnavigation of Ireland stalled here for several weeks and I spent many evenings with a borrowed guitar banging out old tunes. • dickmacks.homestead.comDoolin is jumping off point for ferries out to the Aran Islands but it's long been known that there's as good or better traditional music here than on the mainland.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘circumnavigation’.
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EN - longest (>15 char) words
compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, counterrevolution..., counterrevolutionary, electroencephalogram, electroencephalog..., electroencephalog..., electroencephalog..., electroencephalog..., electroencephalog..., institutionalisation, institutionalization and 634 more...
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Words from Moby Dick
frigate, presumptuous, genteel, succor, hearthstone, gentry, factitious, bilious, insurgent, portent, enervate, genuflect and 303 more...
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Nautical Words
lubber, mizzenmast, circumnavigation, clipper, cordage, galleon, gangplank, gangway, flying bridge, following sea, schooner, amidships and 106 more...
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slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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gorgonglare's list
the best
zeppelin, ion, laconic, serendipity, cataract, saturnine, syzygy, cinnabar, bistro, lithium, paroxysm, scion and 694 more...
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Journeys
Unexpected or not. :)
journey, pilgrimage, voyage, trek, tour, excursion, trip, jaunt, hadj, haj, schlep, junket and 57 more...
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nautical
jib, starboard, port, gangway, anchorage, boatswain, circumnavigation, barque, brig, yawl, galleon, bowspirit and 2 more...
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