forty-ninth parallel

== English == === Noun === forty-ninth parallel (uncountable) (Canada, US) 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) A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA. ==== Translations ==== === References === “forty-ninth parallel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.