meridional

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

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/

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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

• longitudinal

meridional (plural meridionals)

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

• mineraloid

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mə.ɾi.ði.uˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mə.ɾi.ði.oˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [me.ɾi.ði.oˈnal]

meridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)

1. southern

   Synonyms: del sud, austral

meridional m or f by sense (plural meridionals)

1. southerner

   Synonym: habitant del sud

• meridià

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• “meridional”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “meridional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

• IPA^(key): /meridjuˈnal/

meridional

1. southern

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

meridional m or f (plural meridionais)

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

   Synonyms: austral, sulista

• “meridional” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from French méridional, Latin merīdiōnālis.

• IPA^(key): /me.ri.di.(j)oˈnal/

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

• “meridional”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.

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

meridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionales)

1. southern

   Synonyms: austral, sureño

   Antonyms: septentrional, norteño

• “meridional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis. Compare Italian meridionale.

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

1. southern, south (attributive)

   Antonym: setentrional