English Explanatory Dictionary

forty-ninth parallel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.

Word forms

forty-ninth parallel

Translations

French: 49ᵉ parallèle
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