forty-ninth parallel
A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile portion of the border between Canada and…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.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US, uncountable)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.
(Canada, US, nonstandard, uncountable)A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.
Translations
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable