traffic circle

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noun
  1. a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another.

Origin of traffic circle

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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British Dictionary definitions for traffic circle

traffic circle

noun
  1. US and Canadian a road junction in which traffic streams circulate around a central island: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): roundabout

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