clime

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a region considered in relation to its climate, especially in literary use

   After retirement, they left the north for warmer climes.

2. 2
   noun

   the climate or prevailing conditions of a place or period

   These vines flourish only in a mild clime with little frost.

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Greek klima, 'inclination; zone of latitude,' from klinein, 'to lean or slope.' The geographical zone sense developed into one referring to a region's characteristic weather.

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