Meridian

//məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən//

Synonyms for "meridian" (218 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
prime

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Translations

80 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • μεσημβρινός noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Arabic

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  • خَطّ الطُّول noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Armenian

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  • միջօրեական noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • meridian noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Basque

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  • meridiano noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • мерыдыя́н noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • зенит noun (highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith)
  • меридиа́н noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Catalan

1 entries
  • meridià noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 經絡 /经络 noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)
  • 經綫 /经线 noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Czech

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  • poledník noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Danish

1 entries
  • meridian noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Dutch

1 entries
  • meridiaan noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • meridiano noun (great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface)
  • meridiano noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • meridiano noun (half of such a circle extending from pole to pole)
  • meridiano noun (line passing through the poles of any sphere; notional line on the surface of a curved or round body)

Estonian

1 entries
  • meridiaan noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kanava noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)
  • korkein aste noun (highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith)
  • meridiaani noun (great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface)
  • meridiaani noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

French

2 entries
  • méridien noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • trimégiste noun (44-point type)

Galician

1 entries
  • meridiano noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მერიდიანი noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

German

2 entries
  • Meridian noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • Sabon noun (44-point type)

Greek

3 entries
  • απώγειο noun (highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith)
  • μεσημβρινός noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • μεσουράνημα noun (highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מרידיאן noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Hindi

1 entries
  • यामोत्तर noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • délkör noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • hosszúsági kör noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Irish

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  • fadlíne noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Italian

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  • meridiano noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Japanese

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  • 子午線 noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • 経絡 noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)
  • 経絡系 noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)
  • 経線 noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Korean

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  • 경락 noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)
  • 경선 noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • 자오선 noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Latin

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  • meridianus noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Latvian

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  • meridiāns noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Lithuanian

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  • dienovidinis noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Macedonian

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  • меридијан noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • meridian noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • meridian noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Persian

3 entries
  • مریدین noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)
  • نصفالنهار noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • نیمروزان noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Polish

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  • południk noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • meio-dia adj (relating to midday or noon)
  • meridiano noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • meridiano noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)

Romanian

2 entries
  • meridian noun (great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface)
  • meridian noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Russian

2 entries
  • меридиа́н noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • меридиа́н noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • domhan-loidhne noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • meridijan noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • меридијан noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Slovak

1 entries
  • poludník noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Slovene

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  • poldnevnik noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Spanish

1 entries
  • meridiano noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Swedish

1 entries
  • meridian noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Turkish

1 entries
  • meridyen noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • меридіа́н noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)
  • півде́нник noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • kinh lạc noun (any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow)
  • kinh tuyến noun (great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles)

Sample sentences

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Japan is on the 135th meridian East.

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The moon does not cross the meridian today.

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The International Date Line is located halfway round the world from the prime meridian—the zero degrees longitude established in Greenwich, England, in 1852.

Source: tatoeba (6695999)

The Greenwich meridian passes through the country.

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