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Meaning of periplous | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Examples

“In ancient Greek a periplous entailed the extended navigation of coasts and description of such journeys; its interminable lists of land- and sea-marks, anchorages and travel times, […] were a means of creating what Braudel […] called maps "made of memories laid end to end".”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

periplus peripneumonia peripneumony peripodium peripolesis periposeidion