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CABOTAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cabotage mean?
• CABOTAGE (noun)
The noun CABOTAGE has 2 senses:
1. the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
2. navigation in coastal waters
Familiarity information: CABOTAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("cabotage" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Navigation in coastal waters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cabotage" is a kind of...):
navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)
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