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"plural"
],
"word": "παράλληλοι"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "longitudo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "longitudine"
},
{
"alt": "けいせん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keisen",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "経線"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeongseon",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "경선"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "meridiján",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридија́н"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dólžina",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "до́лжина"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "garisan bujur"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "dowan-liurid"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "ahopou"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "bĩn-lugsi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "południk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "longitude"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "meridián",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридиа́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dolgotá",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "долгота́"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "domhan-fhad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "longitud"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "geografisk längd"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "längdgrad"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "antasligid"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "rēkhāṁśamu",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "రేఖాంశము"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"word": "boylam"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hydred"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"longitude"
],
"word": "longitude"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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