longitude

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From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: llonxitú — angular distance
• Bashkir: оҙонлок (oźonlok) — angular distance
• Belarusian: даўгата́ (dawhatá) — angular distance
• Bulgarian: географска дължина (geografska dǎlžina) — angular distance
• Catalan: longitud — angular distance
• Chinese Mandarin: 經度 /经度 (jīngdù) — angular distance
• Czech: délka — angular distance
• Danish: længdegrad — angular distance
• Dutch: lengtegraad — angular distance
• Esperanto: longitudo — angular distance
• Faroese: longdarstig — angular distance
• Finnish: pituusaste — angular distance
• Finnish: pituus — angular distance
• French: longitude — angular distance
• Friulian: longjitudin — angular distance
• Galician: lonxitude — angular distance
• Georgian: გრძედი (grʒedi) — angular distance
• German: Länge — angular distance
• German: geographische Länge — angular distance
• Greek: μήκος (míkos) — angular distance
• Greek: γεωγραφικό μήκος (geografikó míkos) — angular distance
• Hindi: देशान्तर (deśāntar) — angular distance
• Hungarian: hosszúság — angular distance
• Icelandic: lengdargráða — angular distance
• Ido: longitudo — angular distance
• Italian: longitudine — angular distance
• Japanese: 経度 (keido) — angular distance
• Korean: 경도 (gyeongdo) — angular distance
• Latvian: garums — angular distance
• Lithuanian: ilguma — angular distance
• Macedonian: до́лжина (dólžina) — angular distance
• Macedonian: геогра́фска до́лжина (geográfska dólžina) — angular distance
• Manx: dowan-liurid — angular distance
• Norwegian Bokmål: lengdegrad — angular distance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lengdegrad — angular distance
• Polish: długość — angular distance
• Polish: długość geograficzna — angular distance
• Portuguese: longitude — angular distance
• Romanian: longitudine — angular distance
• Russian: долгота́ (dolgotá) — angular distance
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan-fhad — angular distance
• Serbo-Croatian: дужина — angular distance
• Serbo-Croatian: dužina — angular distance
• Slovak: dĺžka — angular distance
• Slovene: dolžina — angular distance
• Spanish: longitud — angular distance
• Swahili: longitudo — angular distance
• Swedish: longitud — angular distance
• Swedish: längdgrad — angular distance
• Tagalog: antasligid — angular distance
• Turkish: boylam — angular distance
• Ukrainian: довгота́ (dovhotá) — angular distance
• Vietnamese: kinh độ — angular distance
• Welsh: hydred — angular distance
• Arabic: خَطّ طُول (ḵaṭṭ ṭūl) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Asturian: llonxitú — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Bashkir: оҙонлок (oźonlok) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Bulgarian: меридиан (meridian) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Catalan: longitud — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Chinese Mandarin: 經線 /经线 (jīngxiàn) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Danish: længdegrad — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Danish: meridian — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Dutch: lengtegraad — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Dutch: meridiaan — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Esperanto: longitudo — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Finnish: pituuspiiri — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Finnish: meridiaani — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Finnish: longitudi — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• French: longitude — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Galician: lonxitude — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Georgian: გრძედი (grʒedi) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Georgian: მერიდიანი (meridiani) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• German: geographische Länge — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• German: Längengrad — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Greek: μήκος (míkos) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Greek: γεωγραφικό μήκος (geografikó míkos) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Greek: παράλληλοι (parálliloi) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Hindi: देशान्तर (deśāntar) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Ido: longitudo — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Italian: longitudine — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Japanese: 経線 (keisen) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Korean: 경선 (gyeongseon) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Macedonian: меридија́н (meridiján) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Macedonian: до́лжина (dólžina) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Malay: garisan bujur — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Manx: dowan-liurid — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Māori: ahopou — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Moore: bĩn-lugsi — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Polish: południk — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Portuguese: longitude — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Russian: меридиа́н (meridián) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Russian: долгота́ (dolgotá) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan-fhad — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Spanish: longitud — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Swedish: geografisk längd — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Swedish: längdgrad — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Tagalog: antasligid — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Telugu: రేఖాంశము (rēkhāṁśamu) — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Turkish: boylam — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
• Welsh: hydred — imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole