gira

/ˈxiɾa/ · B1 · noun · f

tour

🚌 gira = from girar, to turn: a tour turns from stop to stop

Gira comes from the verb girar (to spin, to turn), related to English gyrate. A tour is a circuit: you turn from one place to the next and end up back home. Say HEE-rah, with a throaty h.

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