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E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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verb

To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

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latitude

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈlæt.ɪ.tjuːd/Used In Literature ↓

The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.

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Common Phrases

. latitudelatitude northlatitude samelatitude southlatitude wide
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Poetry examples for latitude

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Country towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course

to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean; and of the strange

things that befell; and in what manner the Ancyent Marinere came back to

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