merid'ian: Lat. meridies (= medius, middle, and dies, day), noon.
metrop'olis: Gr. meter, mother, and polis, city.
mon'archy: Gr. monarchés, from monos, alone, and archein, to rule.
moun'tain: Fr. montagne, from Lat. mons, montis, a mountain.
ob'late: Lat. oblatus (ob and past part. of ferre, to bring), brought forward.
o'cean: Gr. okeanus, from okus, rapid, and nacin, to flow.
Pacif'ic: Lat. pacificus, from pax, pacis, peace, and facere, to make.
par'allel: Gr. para, beside, and allelon, of one another.
penin'sula: Lat. penes, almost, and insula, island.
phys'ical: Gr. physis (phusis), nature.