longitudenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈlɒŋ.ɡɪ.tʃuːd//ˈlɒn.dʒɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈlɑːn.dʒə.tuːd/written abbreviation long.the distance of a place east or west of an imaginary line between the North Pole and rthe South Pole, measured in degrees
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- Antarctic
- Antarctica
- Arab
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- Balkan
- basque
- equator
- European
- Latin
- roaring forties
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- the Arctic Circle
- the land of the midnight sun idiom
- the Middle East
- the Pacific Rim
- the West Indies
- tropic
- Western Saharan
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