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forty-ninth parallel

forty-ninth parallel noun: a nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.

Noun

forty-ninth parallel (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, US) A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.
  2. (Canada, US, nonstandard) A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.

Questions about forty-ninth parallel

What does forty-ninth parallel mean?
Forty-ninth parallel means a nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.
What part of speech is forty-ninth parallel?
Forty-ninth parallel is a noun.

Words near forty-ninth parallel in the dictionary

  1. forty-leven
  2. forty-nine
  3. forty-niner
  4. forty-niners
  5. forty-ninth
  6. forty-ninth parallel
  7. forty-ninths
  8. forty-one
  9. forty-oneth
  10. forty-rod
  11. forty-second

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