Meaning of south | Babel Free

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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
2. 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.
   countable, uncountable
3. The southern part of any region; alternative letter-case form of south.
   countable, uncountable
4. The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
5. towards the south. This window faces south. suidwaarts نحو الجنوب на юг para o sul k jihu südwärts mod syd νότια, προς το νότο hacia el sur lõuna poole به سمت جنوب etelään vers le sud דָרוֹמָה दक्षिण दिशा में južno délre ke selatan í suðurátt a sud, verso sud 南へ 남쪽으로 į pietus uz dienvidiem selatan naar het zuideni sørlig retning, mot sør, sørpåna południe ختیځ د para o sul la sud на юг na juh, južne proti jugu ka jugu mot (åt) söder, söderut ไปทางใต้ güneye 向南 на південь جنوب کی طرف về, hướng...
6. The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
   countable, uncountable
7. An informal placename:
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
8. Ellipsis of Old South, the states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
9. In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar
10. of the south. Your speech sounds southern to me; Australia is in the southern hemisphere. suiderlik جَنوبي южняшки sul jižní südlich sydlig νότιοςmeridional lõunast (pärit), lõunapoolne جنوبي eteläinen méridional; sud, austral דרומי दक्षिण-धुव्रीय ज्योति južni, koji pripada jugu déli selatan suður-, suðrænn del mezzogiorno, meridionale; australe 南の 남부의 pietų, pietinis, kaip pietiečio dienvidu-; dienvidniecisks selatan zuidelijksydlandsk, sørlig, sør-południowy لويديز sul meridional; sudic, au...
11. In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
    countable, uncountable
12. The south-eastern states of the United States, including many of the same states as formed the Confederacy.
    US, countable, uncountable
13. The negative or south pole of a magnet
14. a person who lives, or was born, in a southern region or country. suidebewoner من أهالي الجَنوب южняк sulista Jižan Bewohner des Südens person, der kommer fra den sydlige del af et land; sydlænding κάτοικος, άνθρωπος του νότου sureño, meridional lõunamaalane اهل جنوب etelämaalainen méridional/-ale דרומי दक्षिण में रहने वाला južnjak, stanovnik južnih država (SAD) délvidéki lakos orang selatan sunnanmaður; suðurríkjamaður meridionale 南部人 남부 사람 pietietis dienvidnieks orang selatan zuiderlingsydl...
15. The southern states of India.
    India, countable, uncountable
16. Toward the south; southward
17. being furthest south. the southernmost point on the mainland. suidste في أقْصى الجَنوب най-южен mais ao sul nejjižnější südlichst sydligst νοτιότατος más meridional, más austral lõunapoolseim جنوبي ترين eteläisin le plus au sud הַדְרוֹמִי בּיוֹתֵר अति दक्षिण najjužniji legdélebbi ujung selatan syðstur (il più a sud) 南端の 최남단의 piečiausias vistālākais uz dienvidiem paling selatan zuidelijkst sørligst wysunięty najdalej na południe لويديز mais ao sul cel mai sudic самый южный najjužnejší najjužne...
18. The Global South.
    countable, uncountable
19. towards the south. in a southward direction. noordwaarts جَنوبا в южна посока para o sul na jih südwärts i sydlig retning νότιος, προς το νότο hacia el sur lõuna- eteläinen sud דָרוֹמָה दक्षिण दिशा में južni, koji je prema jugu dél felé néző ke selatan í suðurátt a sud 南方への 남향의 pietų (kryptimi) dienvidu virziena- ke arah selatan zuidwaarts mot sør, søroverpołudniowy لويديز para o sul la sud южный, направленный на юг na juh proti jugu ka jugu sydlig มุ่งตรงไปทางใต้ güneye doğru 向南方的 звернений ...
20. Antarctica.
    UK, countable, uncountable
21. towards the south. We are moving southwards. suidwaarts جَنوبا на юг para o sul k jihu südwärts sydpå νότια, προς το νότο hacia el sur lõuna poole etelään päin vers le sud דָרוֹמָה दक्षिण दिशा में prema jugu, južno dél felé menuju selatan í suðurátt verso sud 南方へ 남쪽으로 į pietus uz dienvidiem ke arah selatan zuidwaarts mot sør, søroverna południe لويديز para o sul spre sud к югу, на юг na juh proti jugu ka jugu mot söder, söderut ไปทางทิศใต้ güneye doğru 朝南 на південь جنوب کی طرف về phía nam, t...
22. A surname.
    countable, uncountable
23. travelling southwards. southbound traffic. suidwaarts مُتَّجِه جَنوبا отправен на юг para o sul směřující na jih nach Süden sydgående κατευθυνόμενος προς το νότο (con) rumbo al sur lõunasuunaline, lõunasse minev etelään menevä vers le sud נוֹסֵע דָרוֹמָה koji ide (vodi) na jug dél felé haladó menuju selatan á suðurleið verso sud 南へ向かう 남쪽으로 향하는 nukreiptas pietų kryptimi (par vilcienu u.tml.) uz dienvidiem braucošs menghala ke selatan naar het zuiden gaand sørgående, mot sør skierowany na połud...
24. Ellipsis of South College, Durham.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
25. the direction midway between south and east or south and west, or any part of the earth lying in that direction. suidoos, suidwes جَنوب شَرْق أو جنوب غَرْب юго-запад sudeste, sudoeste jihovýchod; jihozápad der Südosten/-westen sydøst νοτιο- (ως α΄ συνθ.) sudeste; sudoeste kagu, edel, lõunakaar kaakko, lounas sud-est; sud-ouest דְרוֹם-מִזרָח दक्षिण-पूर्व jugoistok/ jugozapad délkelet; délnyugat tenggara/barat-daya suðaustur; suðvestur sudest, sud-est; sudovest, sud-ovest 南東, 南西 남동/남서 pietryčia...
26. towards the south-east or south-west. The gateway faces south-west. suidwes نَحو الجنوب الشَّرْقي أو نَحْوَ الجنوب الغَرْبي на югоизток/запад para sudeste, sudoeste k jihovýchodu; k jihozápadu südostwärts/-westwärts mod sydvest νοτιοανατολικά, νοτιοδυτικά hacia el sudeste; hacia el sudoeste kagusse, edelasse kaakkoon, lounaaseen vers le sud-est; vers le sud-ouest דְרוֹם-מִזרָחִי, דְרוֹם-מַעֲרָבִי दक्षिण-पूर्व या दक्षिण-पश्चिम दिशा की ओर jugostočno/jugozapadno délkeletre; délnyugatra ke tengga...
27. of the south-east or south-west. a south-western dialect. suidoostelik/suidwestelik جَنوبي شَرْقي أو جنوبي غَرْبي югоизточен/западен do sudeste, sudoeste jihovýchodní; jihozápadní südöstlich/-westlich sydvestlig νοτιοανατολικός, νοτιοδυτικόςsudeste; sudoeste kagu-, edela- kaakkois-, lounais- du sud-est; du sud-ouest דְרוֹם-מִזרָחִי/ דְרוֹם-מַעֲרָבִי दक्षिण-पूर्व या दक्षिण-पश्चिम का jugoistočni/jugozapadni Déli-sark tenggara/barat-daya suðaustan-; suðvestan- sudest, sud-est; sudovest, sud-oves...

Equivalents

Examples

“Germany is south of Denmark.”

“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 ...”

“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?”

“When Nimeiri ended that autonomy in 1983, the south took up arms. This Second Sudanese Civil War ended only after four years of formal talks […]”

“If candidates stand on the liturgical south 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.”

“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.”

“[…] Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical 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 ecclesiastical south. 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.”

“The new St Mary's Anglican Church, Walkerville, has an attached rectory flanking to the liturgical south 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]”

“Many sincere white people in the South privately oppose segregation and discrimination, but they are apprehensive lest they be publicly condemned.”

“Just when the blacks had had their hopes for equality and justice raised, after centuries of misery and despair, they awoke one morning to discover that their future was in the hands of a President born in the South.”

“Of course, living in the South was never an option—the main problem being they have too much respect for authority; they're soldier-sniffers and cop lovers. I don't respect that, and I could never live with it. There's also way too much religion in the South to be consistent with good mental health.”

“In the discussions we had sitting around church basements, I learned that, despite the obvious differences in our environments, these kids were more like me than I ever could have imagined. They also knew more about what was happening in the civil rights movement in the South. I had only vaguely heard of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, but these discussions sparked my interest.”

“Tohti described a situation then current in Yeyiq Yezisi (Yeyike) township which is reminiscent of share-cropping in the post-bellum American south.”

“I should add a story, you know in the South at that time, Governor Barnett was sort of known as a bit of a dim bulb. And two years before, during the presidential campaign, one of the flashpoints in the debates that fall involved two Nationalist Chinese islands just off the coast of China: Quemoy and Matsu. And right after this argument erupted in the campaign, Ross Barnett was out politicking one day and the reporters asked him, "Governor, what about Quemoy and Matsu?" And he looked around sort of lost and said to one of his aides, "Them those two fellers I put on the Fishing and Game Commission last year?"”

“Over three weeks in 2019, Kaefer spent time at three English-speaking Antarctic stations observing and gathering data from workers based on what the US station refers to as “The Ice”, or the British call the “South”.”

CEFR level