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Complete Definition of "south"

see|South
wikipedia
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/saʊθ/
SAMPA|/saUT/
audio|en-us-south.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
Old English sūþ

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map.
  2. figurative The down or negative direction.

#:His luck turned south.

Translations
trans-top|compass point
Albanian: jug m
Arabic: ARchar|جنوب (janúb)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܬܝܡܢܐ (taymnā, taymno) f
:Hebrew: תימנא (taymnā, taymno) f
Basque: hego, hegoalde
Bosnian: jug#Bosnian|jug m
Breton: su m, kreisteiz m
Bulgarian: юг (jug) m
Catalan: sud m, migdia m, migjorn m
Chinese: 南 (nán)
Crimean Tatar: kıbla
Croatian: jug m
Czech: jih m, poledne n (obsolete)
Dutch: zuid, Zuiden n
Esperanto: sudo
Estonian: lõuna
Finnish: etelä
French: sud m, midi m
Frisian: suden n, súd
German: Süden m (1), Süd (1, 3)
Greek: νότος (nótos) m
Hebrew: דרום (drom) m
Hungarian: dél
Indonesian: selatan
Interlingua: sud
Italian: sud, mezzogiorno, meridione
trans-mid
Japanese: 南 (みなみ, minamí)
Javanese: kidul
Korean: 남 (nam), 남쪽 (namtchok)
Kurdish: başûr, KUchar|باشور
Latin: meridies m, regio australis f
Malayalam: തെക്ക് (thekku)
Maltese: nofsinhar, sud, t'isfel
Nahuatl: ytzicotla
Persian: FAchar|جنوب (jonoob)
Polish: południe n
Portuguese: sul m
Romanian: sud n
Russian: юг (jug) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: југ#Serbian|југ m
:Roman: jug#Serbian|jug m
Slovak: juh m
Slovene: jug m
Spanish: sur m
Swedish: söder
Telugu: దక్షిణం (dakshiNaM)
Turkish: güney, cenup (obsolete)
Urdu: جنوب (janúb) m
Volapük: sulüd
Welsh: de
Yolngu: dhalathaŋ
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Derived terms
top2
magnetic south
southbound
southeast
southerly
southern
southerner
southing
mid2
south-southeast
south-southwest
southward
southwardly
southwards
southwest
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Related terms
east
north
west

Adjective
south

  1. Toward the south; southward.
  2. meteorology Of wind, from 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

Translations
trans-top|of or pertaining to the south
Breton: su m, kreisteiz m
Bulgarian: южен (júžen) m
Czech: jižní
Dutch: zuid, zuidelijk
Esperanto: suda
Finnish: eteläinen
French: sud, méridional, austral
Frisian: súd, súdlik
Greek: νότιος (nótios)
German: südlich, Süd-
Hebrew: דרומי (drómi)
trans-mid
Interlingua: del sud, meridional, austral
Italian: meridionale
Latin: australis m, f, australe n
Polish: południowy m, południowa f południowe n
Portuguese: sulista m & f, do sul, meridional m & f, austral m & f
Romanian: sudic (adjective)
Russian: южный (júžyj)
Slovak: južný m, južná f, južné n
Spanish: del sur
Swedish: syd
Volapük: sulüdik
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Adverb
south

  1. Toward the south; southward.
  2. meteorology Of wind, from 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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