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langlauf

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lang⋅lauf

  [lahng-louf]
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–noun
1. the sport of cross-country skiing.
2. a cross-country ski run or race.
Origin:
1925–30; < G: lit., long run. See long, lope, leap
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lang·lauf   (läng'louf')   
n.  

  1. The sport of cross-country skiing.

  2. A cross-country ski run or race.


[German : lang, long (from Middle High German, from Old High German; see del-1 in Indo-European roots) + Lauf, race (from Middle High German louf, from Old High German hlouf).]
lang'lauf'er n.
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