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発音

• IPA: /mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/, /mə-/

形容詞

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:

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

3. (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

派生語

参考

• longitudinal

名詞

meridional (plural meridionals)

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

アナグラム

• mineraloid