forty-ninth parallel

noun

A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.

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Meanings

nounforty-ninth parallel (uncountable)
  1. CanadaUSuncountableA nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.
  2. CanadaUSnonstandarduncountableA nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.

Translations

French 49ᵉ parallèle
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APA

forty-ninth parallel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-ninth%20parallel

MLA

“forty-ninth parallel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-ninth%20parallel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forty-ninth parallel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-ninth%20parallel.

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