Circumnavigation

Word CIRCUMNAVIGATION
Character 16
Hyphenation cir cum nav i ga tion
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Circumnavigation"

What do we mean by circumnavigation?

The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

To have sex on every continent, hence to cir-cum-navigate. Urban Dictionary

Describes the process of maliciously circumnavigating, or "going around" an ethical dilemma. Urban Dictionary

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The word "circumnavigation" in example sentences

Seaglegs amphibious RIB has completed a 1620 kilometer "circumnavigation" of the Malaysian Peninsula in a record time of ❋ Unknown (2009)

With much of the route going through Russian waters, the crew said in a statement: "Less than 10 years ago, the first steel-hulled sailboat managed to get through just one of the passages, and 100 years ago, a circumnavigation would have taken six years." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sunderland embarked Jan. 23 after older brother Zac completed a westerly solo circumnavigation at the age of 17. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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. ❋ Michael J. Ybarra (2011)

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. ❋ Gerard Helferich (2011)

Either the weather was four times better in the second half of the circumnavigation, or I was four times fitter. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I started and finished my circumnavigation of Ireland in Castlehaven, and knew Mary Ann's from years before. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sunderland embarked five months after older brother Zac completed a westerly solo circumnavigation at the age of 17. ❋ Unknown (2010)

MSSecond instalment of Timothy Spall's barge-borne circumnavigation of Britain. ❋ Unknown (2011)

IF you pick a nice day, and a nice route, Seattle is a SWEET town to ride in: take a waterfront route that goes through myrtle edward's park to the locks and beyond to a circumnavigation of the lake for example. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Lucy Weston (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I rode through 60 countries on my circumnavigation, and in each country this held true. ❋ Alastair Humphreys (2010)

In January 2009, a wave glider completed a nine-day circumnavigation of Hawaii's Big Island. ❋ Ben Worthen (2011)

Sunderland, who left Jan. 23 after brother Zac completed a westerly solo circumnavigation at the age of 17, still plans to complete the solo voyage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Finally! My wife and I have always wanted to circumnavigate the Earth. We finally took this cruise to [Antarctica], and when they finally let us off [we did it]! The best part is you can just finish anywhere and no one will notice because [everything's] all white. ❋ America Lover 🇺🇸 (2015)

By redefining certain [citizens] as "[Undesirables]", [Adolf Hitler] practiced ethical circumnavigation. ❋ Awhslcw (2009)

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