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nearcation

nearcation noun: a vacation to a destination relatively close to one's home.

Noun

nearcation (plural nearcations)

  1. A vacation to a destination relatively close to one's home.
    • Economic downturns and high gas prices may restrain the urge to travel, but they don't eliminate it. To fill this ever-present urge, people replace vacations to faraway places with “staycations” or “nearcations.”2010, Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards, & Peter Economy, Home-Based Business for Dummies, Wiley, →ISBN
    • My 'nearcation' was in Brittany, France's very own Celtic fringe where you're most likely to feel at home if you're from Ireland.2012 September 22, Edward McCann, “Great Brittany”, in Belfast Telegraph

Forms of nearcation

pluralnearcations

Origin of nearcation

Blend of near + vacation.

Questions about nearcation

What does nearcation mean?
Nearcation means a vacation to a destination relatively close to one's home.
What part of speech is nearcation?
Nearcation is a noun.
What is the plural of nearcation?
The plural of nearcation is nearcations.

Words near nearcation in the dictionary

  1. nearabout
  2. nearabouts
  3. nearbout
  4. nearby
  5. nearbys
  6. nearcation
  7. nearcations
  8. Nearchus
  9. Nearctic
  10. Nearctica
  11. neare

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