Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circumnavigation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: cir-cum-nav-i-ga-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Under our new World may alſo be compriſed thoſe vaſt Southern Coaſts and Streights of Magelan, firſt lighted on by Ferdinandus Magelanus in the year 1520, in his Circumnavigation of the Univerſe ; which forty five years after Sir Francis Drake, and next Sir Thomas Bendiſh, Engliſhmen, made a furhter inſpection into ; and in the Year 1600 Oliver van Noord a Hollander paſt, but of later years a Spaniard, Fedinand de Quier, out-ſhot them all by a more ample Diſcovery then all the former."

Etymology

From circum- + navigation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: circum

Usage

Inflected Forms

circumnavigations (plural)

Derived Forms

circumnavigational

Synonyms

periplus

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does circumnavigation mean?: The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
Where does circumnavigation come from?: From circum- + navigation.

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