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orienteering

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Orienteering (noun) means a sport in which people find their way across unknown countryside using a map and compass, often as a race.

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A sport in which people find their way across unknown countryside using a map and compass, often as a race.
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Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish orientering, from orientera ("orient, orientate") plus -ing.

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"orienteering" (noun) means a sport in which people find their way across unknown countryside using a map and compass, often as a race.
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