south
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1.0
- noun
- /saʊθ/
- He moved to the South side of Chicago, where he found an affordable apartment.
- north and south
- neighbors to the south
- south of the city
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- I'm from India, the South part of India, Karnataka.
- Is it a pneumatic railway in the South of England?
- There was a tradition in the centre and South of Mexico for centuries.
- This city in the heartland of the South, it's one huge big railroad center.
Examples
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They bought this huge building in South Dakota.
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Then she went down to South Texas where she lived.
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But I grew up in South Central LA.
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You will come in from the south side.
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- You could go to the south of France.
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There is a small town in the South of France called Grass.
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Are you familiar with the south of France?
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And he is from the South of Ireland in County Kerry.
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This city in the heartland of the South, it's one huge big railroad center.
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In Chicago's far south side is the beautiful campus of Gwendolyn Brooks High School.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
65
2.3
The southern part of a town or city
10
7.1
A region in the south of a country or territory
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- US
25
4.4
A region in the southeastern United States with a long history and strong local culture
17
3.6
A sea near southeast Asia next to China, Vietnam, and the Philippines that many ships cross and that countries dispute
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8.0
A region of the southern United States before the Civil War known for plantations and slavery
5
6.7
A period in South Africa 1948–early 1990s when the government kept races separate and treated non-white people unfairly
2
6.1
A river in the central United States that flows through Colorado and Nebraska and joins the Platte River
- Archaic
1
5.1
A person from the native peoples of South America before European arrival
1
3.5
A river in the central United States that flows through Colorado and Nebraska and joins the Platte River
1
3.6
Islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean, especially those in Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia
1
3.3
A county in northern England that includes the cities Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley
A region that says it is independent from Georgia but most countries see it as part of Georgia
- Specialized
1
7.2
The point in the sky above Earth's South Pole that the stars appear to turn around
1
5.1
Part of the Earth in the south between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn
1
5.5
A river in the south-central United States that flows east from Texas along the southern border of Oklahoma into Louisiana
A nickname for the U.S. state of Georgia for its economic and cultural importance in the South
- Specialized
1
6.1
An ocean flow that moves westward just south of the equator
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7.5
A compass direction slightly south of southeast, at 157.5 degrees from north
- South African
A tree or shrub from southern Africa with strong yellow wood used for furniture
A fern with leaves shaped like deer antlers that grows in Peru and Bolivia
- Specialized
Area around the South Pole inside the Antarctic Circle that includes Antarctica and nearby seas
- Specialized
A group of Dravidian languages spoken in southern India like Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Tulu
- Specialized
A group of languages spoken in southern India, like Tamil or Kannada
A disputed region in the South Caucasus that declared independence from Georgia and is recognized by only a few countries
- Literature
A political view that supports free speech and makes fun of both left and right
- Specialized
A Dravidian language that people speak in south-central India
- Specialized
The end of a magnet that points toward the Earth's south when it hangs freely
How Southern
Surface Forms
Etymology
South comes from the old English word sūþ, meaning 'sun-side', and places in the south often get more sun and warmer weather. That's why we call the southern part of a country or region the south.