meridional
/mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
adj
of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe
adj
along a north–south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian
noun
an inhabitant of a southern region, especially the south of France
Example Sentences
- "Offices that require heat […] should be meridional."
- "For much of the 19th century what we now know as South America was called Meridional America"
- "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 [...]."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dyew-, meridional, merīdiōnālis