"meridione" meaning in Italian

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "settentrione"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From meridionale, fashioned after the analogy of settentrione and settentrionale.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meridioni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "meridione m (plural meridioni)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧ri‧dió‧ne"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meridionale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meridionalismo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meridionalizzare"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "south"
      ],
      "id": "en-meridione-it-noun-LaqNSgXf",
      "links": [
        [
          "south",
          "south"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Compass points",
          "orig": "it:Compass points",
          "parents": [
            "Directions",
            "Navigation",
            "Nature",
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the South of Italy; South Italy",
          "text": "il meridione d'Italia",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "South (southern region)"
      ],
      "id": "en-meridione-it-noun-ifs~KizW",
      "links": [
        [
          "South",
          "South"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/me.riˈdjo.ne/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-one"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sud"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mezzogiorno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meridione"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "settentrione"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Italian 4-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/one",
    "Rhymes:Italian/one/4 syllables",
    "it:Compass points"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From meridionale, fashioned after the analogy of settentrione and settentrionale.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meridioni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "meridione m (plural meridioni)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧ri‧dió‧ne"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "meridionale"
    },
    {
      "word": "meridionalismo"
    },
    {
      "word": "meridionalizzare"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "south"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "south",
          "south"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the South of Italy; South Italy",
          "text": "il meridione d'Italia",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "South (southern region)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "South",
          "South"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/me.riˈdjo.ne/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-one"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sud"
    },
    {
      "word": "mezzogiorno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meridione"
}