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traffic circle

–noun
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.
Also called rotary; British, roundabout.


Origin:
1945–50
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traffic circle  
n.  A circular one-way road at a junction of thoroughfares, facilitating an uninterrupted flow of traffic. Also called regionally rotary.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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