periplo

See also: périplo

Italian

Noun

periplo m (plural peripli)

1. circumnavigation (of an island or continent)

See also

• circumnavigazione

Anagrams

• propile

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin periplus, from Ancient Greek περίπλους (períplous, “circumnavigation”).

Noun

periplo m (plural periplos)

1. round trip, journey
   • 1999 October 12, “La costosa dictablanda de Pujol”, in El País‎^[1]:

     En ocasiones, la oposición levantó la voz, poniendo en duda la utilidad de semejantes periplos y destacando los alucinantes dispendios que la caravana suponía.

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Further reading

• “periplo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16