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Circumnavigation Definition & Meaning

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

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What does circumnavigation mean?
traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe"
What part of speech is circumnavigation?
Circumnavigation is a noun.

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