meridional en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /mə-/
- /mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French meridional, from Latin merīdiōnālis, from merīdiēs (“noon; south”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
Offices that require heat […] should be meridional.
1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:For much of the 19th century what we now know as South America was called Meridional America
2021, Pablo A. Baisotti, A New Struggle for Independence in Modern Latin America, Routledge:
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(not-comparable) of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe
As soon as he heard the news of the trial and execution, he summed up the incident as a monument to Catholic intolerance, meridional superstition and judicial bigotry – and he decided to do something about it.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 270:This, Constance recognised, may have had nothing to do with the situation – it was probably just a meridional convention – for in the Mediterranean countries nobody trusts his neighbour [...].
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 740:
- (not-comparable) along a north–south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian
Antonyms
Deriveds
extrameridional · meridionality · meridional wind · meridionally · submeridional · meridional ray · meridionalization
Relateds
Translations (14)
fi eteläinen (of or characteristic of south) · pl południowy (of or characteristic of south) · ro meridional (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · fi eteläinen (located in the south) · ro de meridian (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · pl południkowy (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · la merīdiōnālis (located in the south) · pl meridionalny (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · fur meridionâl (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · fi pituuspirin suuntainen (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · fi pohjois–etelä-suuntainen (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · ru меридианный (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · it meridionale (astronomy, geography, meteorology: along a north–south direction) · pl południowy (located in the south)