meridional

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French meridional, from Latin merīdiōnālis, from merīdiēs (“noon; south”).

adj

1. located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
   For much of the 19th century what we now know as South America was called Meridional America 2021, Pablo A. Baisotti, A New Struggle for Independence in Modern Latin America, Routledge
2. (astronomy, geography, meteorology) along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian
3. of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe
   This, Constance recognised, may have had nothing to do with the situation – it was probably just a meridional convention – for in the Mediterranean countries nobody trusts his neighbour …. 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 740
   As soon as he heard the news of the trial and execution, he summed up the incident as a monument to Catholic intolerance, meridional superstition and judicial bigotry – and he decided to do something about it. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 270

noun

1. an inhabitant of a southern region, especially the south of France