antoecian

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UK/ænˈtiːʃən/

adjective

Of or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.

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Meanings

adjectiveantoecian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.

    1860, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, chapter XX: “The Winds of the Southern Hemisphere”, § 818; [T]he westerly winds which prevail on the polar side of 40° S. are stronger and more constant than their antœcian fellows of the north[.]

nounantoecian (plural antoecians)

plural antoecians

  1. A person inhabiting to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude.

Origin

From antoeci + -an.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

aconitane
Cite this entry
APA

antoecian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antoecian

MLA

“antoecian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antoecian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antoecian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antoecian.

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