south
Forms
- Plural
- souths
Definitions
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.
- 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?
- 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 ...
3.In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- It is to be situated in the chancel on the right (i.e., liturgical south) side of the church.
- It was moved from its original location in 1507 hardly a decade after it was completed, to the bottom of the liturgical south aisle along with the free-standing chapel of the relic of the lance.
4.The negative or south pole of a magnet
1.Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
2.Toward the south; southward.
3.from the south.
4.Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #801
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *sunþ
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥
Proto-Indo-European *sh₂w-én-s
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros
Proto-Germanic *sunþraz
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Proto-Germanic *sunþraz
Proto-Germanic *sunþrą
Proto-West Germanic *sunþr
Old English sūþ