circo — meaning in English

English meaning

• circus noun A travelling show featuring acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, traditionally performed in a large tent.
• cirque noun A bowl-shaped hollow carved into a mountainside by glacial erosion, usually at the head of a valley.

Senses

circo is used for these senses in English:

• circus A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]
• cirque (geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.

circus — full definition

1. noun A travelling show featuring acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, traditionally performed in a large tent.
2. noun A chaotic, noisy, or ridiculous situation.
3. noun A round open space in a town where several streets converge, especially in Britain.

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