méridien

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Fransızca - Türkçe
[le] meridyen
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{a} meridian

The only reason why Ferdinand Magellan could claim to be the first man to sail across all of the world's meridians was because Christopher Columbus had chosen to swim. - Ferdinand Magellan fut le premier homme à traverser à la voile tous les méridiens du monde, mais la seule raison qui le lui permit, c'est que Christophe Colomb avait choisi de le faire à la nage.

{n} meridian, circle circumscribing the earth that passes through the poles; longitudinal half of the earth (from one pole to the other)
meridian, of the afternoon; of or pertaining to a meridian; pertaining to a time of greatest prosperity