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"text": "Coordinate term: antimeridian"
},
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"ref": "2017, Charles W. J. Withers, Zero Degrees: Geographies of the Prime Meridian, Harvard University Press, page 183",
"text": "Other prime meridians were presented as candidates for the world's baseline: Jerusalem; Ferro; Kamchatka; the mid-Atlantic; the Bering Strait; and Greenwich's antimeridian.",
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"The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridià zero"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "本初子午線"
},
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"roman": "běnchū zǐwǔxiàn",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "本初子午线"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "格林威治子午線"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Gélínwēizhì zǐwǔxiàn",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "格林威治子午线"
},
{
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"sense": "reference line",
"word": "格林尼治子午線"
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"roman": "Gélínnízhì zǐwǔxiàn",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "格林尼治子午线"
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"sense": "reference line",
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"word": "nulmeridiaan"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "nollameridiaani"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reference line",
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"masculine"
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"word": "premier méridien"
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"sense": "reference line",
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"masculine"
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"word": "méridien d’origine"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Nullmeridian"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pradhān yāmottar",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "प्रधान यामोत्तर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "kezdő délkör"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano zero"
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{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "bĩin-lu-tikdga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano primário"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "meridiano principal"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "reference line",
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"neuter"
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"word": "primul meridian"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Grínvičskij meridián",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Гри́нвичский меридиа́н"
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"sense": "reference line",
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"masculine"
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"word": "meridiano cero"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
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"word": "nollmeridian"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "kinh tuyến gốc"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prif feridian"
}
],
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"prime meridian"
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},
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"sense": "reference line",
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"word": "meridià zero"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "本初子午線"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "běnchū zǐwǔxiàn",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "本初子午线"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "格林威治子午線"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Gélínwēizhì zǐwǔxiàn",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "格林威治子午线"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "格林尼治子午線"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Gélínnízhì zǐwǔxiàn",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "格林尼治子午线"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "nulmeridiaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "nollameridiaani"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "premier méridien"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "méridien d’origine"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nullmeridian"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pradhān yāmottar",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "प्रधान यामोत्तर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "kezdő délkör"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano zero"
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{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "bĩin-lu-tikdga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano primário"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "meridiano principal"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "primul meridian"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Grínvičskij meridián",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Гри́нвичский меридиа́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano cero"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nollmeridian"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "reference line",
"word": "kinh tuyến gốc"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "reference line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "prif feridian"
}
],
"word": "prime meridian"
}
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