orienteering

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orienteering

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Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish orientering, from orientera (“orient, orientate”) +‎ -ing.

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Noun

orienteering (uncountable)

1. (sports) The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.

Derived terms

• ski orienteering

Translations

racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass

Arabic: مِلَاحَة (milāḥa) Bulgarian: туристическо ориентиране (turističesko orientirane) Chinese: 定向 (zh) (dìngxiàng) Czech: orientační běh m Danish: orienteringsløb n Dutch: oriëntatieloop (nl) Estonian: orienteerumine Finnish: suunnistaminen (fi), suunnistus (fi) French: course d'orientation (fr) f German: Orientierungslauf (de) m Hungarian: tájfutás (hu), tájékozódási futás Icelandic: ratleikur m Irish: rianadóireacht f Italian: orientamento (it) m Latvian: orientēšanās sports m Maori: awhe ararau Norwegian: Bokmål: orientering (no) m or f Nynorsk: orientering f Portuguese: orientação (pt) f Russian: ориенти́рование (ru) n (orijentírovanije) Slovak: orientačný beh m Spanish: orientación (es) f Swedish: orientering (sv) c