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antoecian

UK/ænˈtiːʃən/

antoecian adjective: of or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.

Adjective

antoecian (not comparable)

  1. Of or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.
    • [T]he westerly winds which prevail on the polar side of 40° S. are stronger and more constant than their antœcian fellows of the north[.]1860, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, chapter XX: “The Winds of the Southern Hemisphere”, § 818

Noun

antoecian (plural antoecians)

  1. A person inhabiting to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.

Forms of antoecian

pluralantoecians

Origin of antoecian

From antoeci + -an.

Questions about antoecian

What does antoecian mean?
Antoecian means of or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.
What part of speech is antoecian?
Antoecian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce antoecian?
Antoecian is pronounced /ænˈtiːʃən/ (UK).

Words near antoecian in the dictionary

  1. antode
  2. antodes
  3. antodontalgic
  4. antodontalgics
  5. antoeci
  6. antoecian
  7. antoecians
  8. Antofagasta
  9. antofine
  10. antoikoi
  11. Antoine

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