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south or South noun (also the south or the South) 1 one of the four main points of the compass which, if a person is facing the rising sun in the N hemisphere, is the direction that lies to their right. 2 the direction that is directly opposite north, ie 180° from the north and 90° from both east and west. 3 a any part of the earth, a country, a town, etc that lies in this direction; b the southern states of the US thought of collectively the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the deep South. 4 cards, especially bridge the person or position that corresponds to south on the compass. adverb towards the south. adj 1 belonging, referring or relating to, facing or lying in the south; on the side or in the part that is nearest the south the constituency of Aberdeen South. 2 in place names: denoting the southerly part South America South Kensington. 3 said of a wind: blowing from the south. south by east, west, etc between south and the other specified direction travel south by south-east.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon suth.
south or South noun (also the south or the South) 1 one of the four main points of the compass which, if a person is facing the rising sun in the N hemisphere, is the direction that lies to their right. 2 the direction that is directly opposite north, ie 180° from the north and 90° from both east and west. 3 a any part of the earth, a country, a town, etc that lies in this direction; b the southern states of the US thought of collectively the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the deep South. 4 cards, especially bridge the person or position that corresponds to south on the compass. adverb towards the south. adj 1 belonging, referring or relating to, facing or lying in the south; on the side or in the part that is nearest the south the constituency of Aberdeen South. 2 in place names: denoting the southerly part South America South Kensington. 3 said of a wind: blowing from the south. south by east, west, etc between south and the other specified direction travel south by south-east.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon suth.
south or South noun (also the south or the South) 1 one of the four main points of the compass which, if a person is facing the rising sun in the N hemisphere, is the direction that lies to their right. 2 the direction that is directly opposite north, ie 180° from the north and 90° from both east and west. 3 a any part of the earth, a country, a town, etc that lies in this direction; b the southern states of the US thought of collectively the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the deep South. 4 cards, especially bridge the person or position that corresponds to south on the compass. adverb towards the south. adj 1 belonging, referring or relating to, facing or lying in the south; on the side or in the part that is nearest the south the constituency of Aberdeen South. 2 in place names: denoting the southerly part South America South Kensington. 3 said of a wind: blowing from the south. south by east, west, etc between south and the other specified direction travel south by south-east.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon suth.
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