antoecian

== English == === Etymology === From antoeci +‎ -an. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăntēʹshən, IPA(key): /ænˈtiːʃən/ === Adjective === antoecian (not comparable) Of or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude. 1860, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, chapter XX: “The Winds of the Southern Hemisphere”, § 818; [T]he westerly winds which prevail on the polar side of 40° S. are stronger and more constant than their antœcian fellows of the north[.] === Noun === antoecian (plural antoecians) A person inhabiting to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude. === References === “antœcian, a. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)