Meridian

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Gender Feminine & Masculine
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Pronounced Pron. mə-RID-ee-ən
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Contributor Contrib.Keith Shanklin on 12/11/2007
Last Editor EditorLMS on 3/5/2017  [revision history]

Meaning & History

From the English word, which is directly from Latin meridianus meaning "of midday, of noon, southerly, to the south". It was used by Alice Walker for the heroine of her novel 'Meridian' (1976).