orienteering

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orienteering

Etymology

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

Noun

orienteering (uncountable)

(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
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)
Spanish: orientación (es) f
Swedish: orientering (sv) c

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