Meridian
//məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən//
Translations of "meridian" (47 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | μεσημβρινός(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | mesēmbrinós | |
| Arabic | خَطّ الطُّول(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | ḵaṭṭ aṭ-ṭūl | |
| Armenian | միջօրեական(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | miǰōreakan | |
| Azerbaijani | meridian(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Basque | meridiano(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Belarusian | мерыдыя́н(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | mjerydyján | |
| Bulgarian | зенит(highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith), меридиа́н(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | zenit, meridián | |
| Catalan | meridià(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 經絡 /经络(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow), 經綫 /经线(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | jīngluò, jīngxiàn | |
| Czech | poledník(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Danish | meridian(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Dutch | meridiaan(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Esperanto | meridiano(great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface), meridiano(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), meridiano(half of such a circle extending from pole to pole), meridiano(line passing through the poles of any sphere; notional line on the surface of a curved or round body), meridiano(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow) | — | |
| Estonian | meridiaan(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Finnish | kanava(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow), korkein aste(highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith), meridiaani(great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface), meridiaani(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), meridiaani(half of such a circle extending from pole to pole), meridiaani(line passing through the poles of any sphere; notional line on the surface of a curved or round body), meridiaani(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow), pituuspiiri(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), pituuspiiri(half of such a circle extending from pole to pole) | — | |
| French | méridien(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), trimégiste(44-point type) | — | |
| Galician | meridiano(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Georgian | მერიდიანი(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | meridiani | |
| German | Meridian(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), Sabon(44-point type) | — | |
| Greek | απώγειο(highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith), μεσημβρινός(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), μεσουράνημα(highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith) | apógeio, mesimvrinós, mesouránima | |
| Hebrew | מרידיאן(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | meridian | |
| Hindi | यामोत्तर(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | yāmottar | |
| Hungarian | délkör(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), hosszúsági kör(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Irish | fadlíne(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Italian | meridiano(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Japanese | 子午線(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), 経絡(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow), 経絡系(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow), 経線(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | shigosen, keiraku, keirakukei, keisen | |
| Korean | 경락(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow), 경선(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), 자오선(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | gyeongnak, gyeongseon, jaoseon | |
| Latin | meridianus(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Latvian | meridiāns(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Lithuanian | dienovidinis(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Macedonian | меридијан(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | meridijan | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | meridian(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | meridian(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Persian | مریدین(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow), نصفالنهار(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), نیمروزان(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | meridiyan, nesf-ol-nahâr, nimruzân | |
| Polish | południk(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Portuguese | meio-dia(relating to midday or noon), meridiano(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), meridiano(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow) | — | |
| Romanian | meridian(great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface), meridian(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Russian | меридиа́н(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), меридиа́н(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow) | meridián, meridián | |
| Scottish Gaelic | domhan-loidhne(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | meridijan(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), меридијан(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Slovak | poludník(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Slovene | poldnevnik(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Spanish | meridiano(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Swedish | meridian(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Turkish | meridyen(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — | |
| Ukrainian | меридіа́н(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles), півде́нник(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | merydián, pivdénnyk | |
| Vietnamese | kinh lạc(any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow), kinh tuyến(great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles) | — |
meridian
meridiano
meridià
poledník
meridian
meridiaan
meridiano, meridiano, meridiano, meridiano, meridiano
meridiaan
kanava, korkein aste, meridiaani, meridiaani, meridiaani, meridiaani, meridiaani, pituuspiiri, pituuspiiri
méridien, trimégiste
meridiano
Meridian, Sabon
délkör, hosszúsági kör
fadlíne
meridiano
meridianus
meridiāns
dienovidinis
meridian
meridian
południk
meio-dia, meridiano, meridiano
meridian, meridian
domhan-loidhne
meridijan, меридијан
poludník
poldnevnik
meridiano
meridian
meridyen
kinh lạc, kinh tuyến
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