Southname

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  Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

  • Holonyms: United States, United States of America, U.S., US, USA < North America < Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
  • Meronyms: Upper South, Deep South, Old South, Southeast
• 2

  Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

  • Holonyms: England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
• 3

  Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

• 4

  Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

• 5

  Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

  • Over three weeks in 2019, Kaefer spent time at three English-speaking Antarctic stations observing and gathering data from workers based on what the US station refers to as “The Ice”, or the British call the “South”.
• 6

  A surname.

southnoun/ˈsaʊ̯θ/

• 1

  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.

  • Germany is south of Denmark.
• 2

  The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

  • 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 ...
  • What was said [prior to 2003] is that the south rebelled. Even then; rebelled? What rebelled? Who was supporting Saddam other than the people of the south?
• 3

  ecclesiasticallifestylereligionIn a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.

  • If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.
  • It is to be situated in the chancel on the right (i.e., liturgical south) side of the church.
• 4

  natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsThe negative or south pole of a magnet

southadj/ˈsaʊ̯θ/

• 1

  Toward the south; southward.

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  climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesfrom the south.

• 3

  Of or pertaining to the south; southern.

• 4

  Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.

  • south highway 1
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  ecclesiasticallifestylereligionDesignating, or situated in, the liturgical south.

  • Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, […] The north side faces the river (beyond the subdivision behind the church), and the south side, Ashley River Road.

southadv/ˈsaʊ̯θ/

• 1

  Toward the south; southward.

  • When folks from Nags Head want to get away from it all, they head south—and so did I, across the bridge over Oregon Inlet to reach Hatteras Island.
• 2

  Downward.

• 3

  In an adverse direction or trend.

  • His fortunes have been going south ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm.
• 4

  climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesOf wind, from the south.

southverb/ˈsaʊ̯θ/

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  To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

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  astronomynatural-sciencesTo come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.

  • The moon souths at nine.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• South College
• Durham