How to pronounce longitude
American English pronunciation
LON-jih-tood
- IPA
- /ˈlɑndʒɪˌtud/
- Syllables
- LON · jih · tood (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What longitude means
How far east or west a place is on a map or globe
In a sentence: The captain checked the ship's longitude to see how far east it had sailed.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin word longitudo, meaning "length."
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