meridional

See also: méridional

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/

Adjective

meridional (not comparable)

1. located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe. [from 14th c.]
   • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, OCLC 17479433:

     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. (astronomy, geography, meteorology) along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian [from 15th c.]

   Antonym: zonal

3. of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe [from 19th c.]
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 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 2003, p. 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.

Coordinate terms

• Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):

NW N NE W E SW S SE

n-occ sept n-or occ or s-occ mer s-or

Translations

Along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian

• Polish: południkowy (pl) m
• Romanian: de meridian, meridional (ro)
• Russian: меридианный (ru) (meridiannyj)

Noun

meridional (plural meridionals)

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

Anagrams

• mineraloid

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mə.ɾi.di.oˈnal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mə.ɾi.di.uˈnal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.ɾi.di.oˈnal/

Adjective

meridional (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)

1. southern

   Synonyms: del sud, austral

Noun

meridional m or f (plural meridionals)

1. southerner

   Synonym: habitant del sud

Related terms

• meridià

See also

(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

• “meridional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “meridional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “meridional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “meridional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meridjuˈnal/

Adjective

meridional

1. southern

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾi.d͡ʒi.oˈnaw/ [me.ɾi.d͡ʒɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /me.ɾi.d͡ʒjoˈnaw/ [me.ɾi.d͡ʒjoˈnaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾi.djuˈnal/ [mɨ.ɾi.ðjuˈnaɫ]

Adjective

meridional m or f (plural meridionais)

1. southern (located in or relating to the south)

   Synonyms: austral, sulista

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French méridional, Latin merīdiōnālis.

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾidjoˈnal/ [me.ɾi.ð̞joˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: me‧ri‧dio‧nal

Adjective

meridional (plural meridionales)

1. southern

   Synonyms: austral, sureño

   Antonyms: septentrional, norteño

Related terms

• occidental
• oriental
• septentrional/norteño
• sureño

 

Further reading

• “meridional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Venetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis. Compare Italian meridionale.

Adjective

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

1. southern, south (attributive)

   Antonym: setentrional