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English

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South.
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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsouth, fromOld Englishsūþ, fromProto-West Germanic*sunþr, fromProto-Germanic*sunþrą (whence alsoWest Frisiansúd,Dutchzuid,GermanSüd,Danishsyd).

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south (countable anduncountable,pluralsouths)

  2. The direction towards thepole to the right-hand side of someone facingeast, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards thepole lying on the southern side of theinvariable plane.
    Alternative form:(abbreviation)S
    Germany issouth of Denmark.
  3. The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.[circa 1300]
    • 1996, Andrew W. Conrad, Alma Rubal-Lopez,Post-Imperial English: Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990, Walter de Gruyter,→ISBN, page343:
      Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in thesouth rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and thesouth ...
    • 2014, Fanar Haddad,Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity, Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page131:
      What was said [prior to 2003] is that thesouth rebelled. Even then; rebelled? What rebelled? Who was supporting Saddam other than the people of the south?
    • 2019, Allan Thompson,Media and Mass Atrocity: The Rwanda Genocide and Beyond, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP,→ISBN, page322:
      When Nimeiri ended that autonomy in 1983, thesouth took up arms. This Second Sudanese Civil War ended only after four years of formal talks[…]
  4. (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing thealtar.
    • 1998, Leonel L. Mitchell,Pastoral and Occasional Liturgies: A Ceremonial Guide, Rowman & Littlefield,→ISBN, page49:
      If candidates stand on the liturgicalsouth 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.
    • 2002, John L. Hooker,In the Shadows of Holy Week: The Office of Tenebrae, Church Publishing, Inc.,→ISBN:
      It is to be situated in the chancel on the right (i.e., liturgicalsouth) side of the church.
    • 2009, Carol Mary Richardson,Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century, BRILL,→ISBN, page389:
      It was moved from its original location in 1507 hardly a decade after it was completed, to the bottom of the liturgicalsouth aisle along with the free-standing chapel of the relic of the lance.
    • 2014 April 11, Paul Porwoll,Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706–2013, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press,→ISBN,pages364–365:
      […] Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated atecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), notgeographical or magnetic southeast. Thus,[…] The north side faces the river (beyond the subdivision behind the church), and the south side, Ashley River Road.[…] The pulpit and reading desk are at ecclesiastical northeast, and the organ pipes and 1706 memorial at ecclesiasticalsouth. At St. Andrew's, ecclesiastical north,south, east, and west correspond to geographical northeast, southwest, southeast, and northwest. Unless otherwise indicated, compass directions given in this book are ecclesiastical, not geographical, reference points.
    • 2017, Cameron Macdonell,Ghost Storeys: Ralph Adams Cram, Modern Gothic Media, and Deconstructive Microhistory at a Canadian Church, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP,→ISBN:
      The new St Mary's Anglican Church, Walkerville, has an attached rectory flanking to the liturgicalsouth and an attached parish hall flanking to the liturgical north, both half-timbered in the Tudor Revival style. [Referring to a church that is oriented SSE, making "south" WSW]
  5. (physics) Thenegative orsouth pole of amagnet

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northwestnorthnortheast
westeast
southwestsouthsoutheast

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compass point

Adjective

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south (notcomparable)

  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 acorridor used bysouthboundtraffic.
    south highway 1
  5. (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.
    • 2014, Paul Porwoll,Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press,→ISBN, page365:
      Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated atecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), notgeographical ormagnetic southeast. Thus,[…] The north side faces the river (beyond the subdivision behind the church), and thesouth side, Ashley River Road.

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Terms derived fromsouth(adjective)

Translations

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of or pertaining to the south
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Adverb

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south (notcomparable)

  1. Toward the south;southward.
  2. Downward.
  3. In an adverse direction or trend. (Mostly ingo south.)
    His fortunes have been goingsouth ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm.
  4. (meteorology) Of wind, from the south.

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towards the south
of wind: from the south
in an adverse direction or trend
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Verb

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south (third-person singular simple presentsouths,present participlesouthing,simple past and past participlesouthed)

  1. To turn or move toward the south; toveer toward the south.
  2. (astronomy) To come to themeridian; to cross the north and south line.
    The moonsouths at nine.

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishsūþ, in turn fromProto-West Germanic*sunþr, fromProto-Germanic*sunþrą.

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Noun

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south

  1. south,southernness
  2. A location to the south; the south
  3. The south wind

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Adjective

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south

  1. south,southern
  2. At the south

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Adverb

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south

  1. To the south,southwards,southbound
  2. From the south,southern
  3. In the south

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