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Noun: traffic circle  'tra-fik 'sur-kul
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: roundabout)
  1. A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
    "the accident blocked all traffic at the traffic circle";
    - circle, rotary, roundabout [Brit]

Derived forms: traffic circles

Type of: junction

Part of: road, route

Encyclopedia: Traffic circle