meridiana

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mə.ɾi.ðiˈa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [me.ɾi.ðiˈa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana

Adjective

meridiana

1. feminine singular of meridià

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.riˈdja.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: me‧ri‧dià‧na

Etymology 1

From meridiano.

Noun

meridiana f (plural meridiane)

1. sundial, solar clock

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

meridiana

1. feminine singular of meridiano

Further reading

• meridiana in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• meridiana in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• meridiana in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “meridiana” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• meridiana in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• “meridiana”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• amerindia, di maniera, inamidare, inamiderà

Latin

Pronunciation

• merīdiāna:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛ.riː.diˈaː.na]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [me.ri.diˈaː.na]
• merīdiānā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛ.riː.diˈaː.naː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [me.ri.diˈaː.na]

Adjective

merīdiāna

1. inflection of merīdiānus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

merīdiānā

1. ablative feminine singular of merīdiānus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: muriana
  • Sicilian:

    Calabrese: mariana

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: marigiana

References

• "meridiana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾiˈdjana/ [me.ɾiˈð̞ja.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: me‧ri‧dia‧na

Adjective

meridiana f sg

1. feminine singular of meridiano