Clime definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLIME, n. A climate; a tract or region of the earth; a poetical word, but sometimes used in prose. [See Climate.]
Whatever clime the suns bright circle warms.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate, clime]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin clima Date: 14th century climate <traveled to warmer climes>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. literary 1 a region. 2 a climate. Etymology: LL clima: see CLIMATE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clime Clime, n. [L. clima. See Climate.] A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate. Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. --Goldsmith.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(climes) You use clime in expressions such as warmer climes and foreign climes to refer to a place that has a particular kind of climate. (LITERARY) He left Britain for the sunnier climes of Southern France... N-COUNT: usu pl, usu adj N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Region, place, country, climate.

Moby Thesaurus

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