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forty-ninth parallel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
forty-ninth -par-al-lel
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.

Canadian usage; American usage; Uncountable

noun

A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.

Canadian usage; American usage; Uncountable

Usage

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What does forty-ninth parallel mean?
A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.

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