circumnavigate

Verb

travel around, either by plane or ship
To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
To circumvent or bypass.
To sail around the world.

Examples

We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.

Synonyms

compass, environ, go around, sail around

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