South

Quick meaning: South is a noun meaning The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

Meaning

The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

More Meanings

1. (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
2. (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet
3. Toward the south; southward.
4. (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
5. Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
6. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
7. The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.

Example Sentences

Germany is south of Denmark.

It is to be situated in the chancel on the right (i.e., liturgical south) side of the church.

When Nimeiri ended that autonomy in 1983, the south took up arms. This Second Sudanese Civil War ended only after four years of formal talks […]

Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in the south rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and the south .

Word Forms

• souths
• southing
• southed

Synonyms for south

Depending on context, synonyms include sideways, southerly, southbound, southeasterly, southeast, southernmost.

Antonyms for south

Common opposites include north.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include s, southerly, southmost, southernmost, southbound, southwestward.

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