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clime

Pronunciation: /klaɪm/

The English word “clime” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
  2. Climate.
  3. The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “(zone of) latitude”, literally “inclination”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to slope, incline”). See also climate.

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