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speleology

speleology

English

Noun

speleology ‎(usually uncountable, plural speleologies)

The scientific study of caves.
The recreational activity of exploring caves.

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Translations

scientific study of caves

Chinese:
Mandarin: 洞穴學 (zh), 洞穴学 (zh) ‎(dòngxuéxué)
Czech: speleologie (cs) f
Esperanto: speleologio
French: spéléologie (fr) f
German: Speläologie (de), Speleologie, Höhlenforschung, Höhlenkunde
Greek: σπηλαιολογία (el) f ‎(spilaiología)
Hungarian: szpeleológia, barlangtan (hu)

Japanese: 洞穴学 ‎(どうけつがく, dōketsugaku)
Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ ‎(ᠠᠭᠤᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ), агуйн судлал ‎(agujn sudlal)
Polish: speleologia (pl) f
Portuguese: espeleologia f
Russian: спелеоло́гия (ru) f ‎(speleológija)
Slovak: speleológia (sk) f
Spanish: espeleología (es) f
Tagalog: palayungiban
Volapük: lekevav

recreational activity of exploring caves

Hungarian: barlangkutatás (hu), barlangászat (hu)

Spanish: espeleísmo m (rare)

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