meridione

Italian

Etymology

From meridionale, fashioned after the analogy of settentrione and settentrionale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.riˈdjo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri‧dió‧ne

Noun

meridione m (plural meridioni)

  1. south
  2. South (southern region)
    il meridione d'Italiathe South of Italy; South Italy

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From Latin
settentrione
occidente
ponente
oriente
levante
meridione
mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest
ovest est
sudovest sud sudest

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