forty-ninth parallel
(Canada, US, nonstandard) A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.
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(Canada, US, nonstandard) A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.
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(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.
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