meridional

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

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/

meridional (not comparable)

1. Located in the south, southern; later especially, pertaining to the south of France or other southern parts of Europe. [from 14th c.]
   • Sir H. Wotton

     Offices that require heat […] should be meridional.

2. (astronomy, geography) Along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian. [from 15th c.]
3. Of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the south of France or other 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.

meridional (plural meridionals)

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

• mineraloid

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

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

meridional (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)

1. southern

• del sud
• austral

• meridià

Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):

NO N NE O E SO S SE

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

• “meridional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “meridional” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

Borrowed from Latin meridionalis.

meridional m or f (plural meridionais, comparable)

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

• austral, sulista

Borrowed from French méridional, Latin meridionalis.

meridional m or n (feminine singular meridională, masculine plural meridionali, feminine and neuter plural meridionale)

1. southern, meridional

• sudic, austral

• nordic, septentrional, boreal

Borrowed from Latin meridionalis.

meridional (plural meridionales)

1. southern

• sureño
• austral

• septentrional
• norteño

• occidental
• oriental
• sureño
• septentrional/norteño

Borrowed from Latin meridionalis. Compare Italian meridionale

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

1. southern, south (attributive)

• setentrional