Associations to the word «Circumnavigation»

Wiktionary

CIRCUMNAVIGATION, noun. The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Dictionary definition

CIRCUMNAVIGATION, noun. Traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe".

Wise words

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