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It is funny in my language as we have the same word for both noon and south.
reddalo
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Also in Italian. "Mezzogiorno" both means noon and south.
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Is it French (midi)?
jgrahamc
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I imagine he's talking about południe in Polish.
mananaysiempre
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South in French is
sud
, while noon is indeed
midi
. However, the two words are the same in Latin (
meridies
, lit. midday, as in p.m. =
post meridiem
, etc.), so probably in some of the other Romance languages they do match?
rpigab
on Jan 17, 2024
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Midi is also a word for south in French, colloquially.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_France
jgrahamc
on Jan 17, 2024
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The south of France is known colloquially as "Le Midi".
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