meridional

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See also: méridional and meridionâl

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French meridional, from Latin merīdiōnālis, from merīdiēs (“noon; south”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective

meridional (not comparable)

  1. located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
    • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, , London: Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
      Offices that require heat […] should be meridional.
    • 2021, Pablo A. Baisotti, A New Struggle for Independence in Modern Latin America, Routledge:
      For much of the 19th century what we now know as South America was called Meridional America
  2. of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 740:
      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 [...].
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 270:
      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.
  3. (astronomy, geography, meteorology) along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian
    Antonym: zonal

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Translations

Noun

meridional (plural meridionals)

  1. an inhabitant of a southern region, especially the south of France

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

meridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)

  1. southern
    Synonyms: del sud, austral

Noun

meridional m or f by sense (plural meridionals)

  1. southerner
    Synonym: habitant del sud

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(compass points) punt cardinal;

nord-oest
(n-occ) 		nord
(sept) 		nord-est
(n-or)
oest
(occ) 		est
(or)
sud-oest
(s-occ) 		sud
(mer) 		sud-est
(s-or)

Further reading

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Adjective

meridional

  1. southern

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ɾi.d͡ʒi.oˈnaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /me.ɾi.d͡ʒjoˈnaw/
 

Adjective

meridional m or f (plural meridionais)

  1. southern (located in or relating to the south)
    Synonyms: austral, sulista

Further reading

  • “meridional” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French méridional, Latin merīdiōnālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

meridional m or n (feminine singular meridională, masculine plural meridionali, feminine and neuter plural meridionale)

  1. southern, meridional
    Synonyms: sudic, austral
    Antonyms: nordic, septentrional, boreal

Declension

Declension of meridional
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite meridional meridională meridionali meridionale
definite meridionalul meridionala meridionalii meridionalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite meridional meridionale meridionali meridionale
definite meridionalului meridionalei meridionalilor meridionalelor

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɾidjoˈnal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: me‧ri‧dio‧nal

Adjective

meridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionales)

  1. southern
    Synonyms: austral, sureño
    Antonyms: septentrional, norteño

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Venetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis. Compare Italian meridionale.

Adjective

meridional (feminine singular meridionala, masculine plural meridionali, feminine plural meridionale)

  1. southern, south (attributive)
    Antonym: setentrional
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