Masculine

settentrione

Meaning

  1. (masculine) north
  2. (masculine) North (northern region)

Opposite of
meridione, sud
Hyphenated as
set‧ten‧trió‧ne, set‧ten‧tri‧ó‧ne
Pronounced as (IPA)
/set.tenˈtrjo.ne/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septem triōnēs (literally “the seven oxen”) or septentriō, septentriōnem which refers to one of the ancient names of the constellation of Ursa Major.

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