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latitud

latitude

noun lah-tee-TOOD Rare
Travel & Places Geography

Origin: From Latin latitudo (breadth, width).

Usage Note

Latitud is the geographic coordinate measuring north-south position on Earth. Like most nouns ending in -tud, it is feminine: la latitud. The plural latitudes is used both in geography and figuratively to mean 'regions of the world' (en estas latitudes — 'in these parts').

Examples

"Madrid está a cuarenta grados de latitud norte."

Natural Translation

Madrid is at forty degrees north latitude.

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