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natation

[nay-tay-shuhn, na-] / neɪˈteɪ ʃən, næ- /


NOUN
swimming
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Hit this north Scottsdale natation nirvana that features two heated 25-meter pools boasting approximately 20 lanes.

From Newsweek

But, even as many sailors cannot swim a stroke, so many an inlander, born and brought up within sight of fresh water, has never taken the trouble to grasp the simplest rudiments of natation.

From Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune

It was an unfavourable time of the year for such an unprecedented feat of natation, but the Hatfield Champion was confident of success.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891 by Various

Never, I think, did any swimmer in like circumstances perform such a remarkable feat of natation.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 by Various

Though he was pitched by the heels into mucker about three times a week, that he might acquire the useful art of natation, he still seemed to grow dirtier and dirtier.

From The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen


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