What does South mean?
Definitions for South
saʊθ; saʊðsouth
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word South.
Princeton's WordNet
Southnoun
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixielandnoun
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
south, due south, southward, Snoun
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
southnoun
a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
southadjective
the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
southadverb
situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
"the south entrance"
south, to the south, in the southadverb
in a southern direction
"we moved south"
Wiktionary
southnoun
One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map.
southadverb
Toward the south; southward.
southadverb
Downward.
southadverb
In an adverse direction or trend.
southadverb
Of wind, from the south.
southadjective
Toward the south; southward.
southadjective
Of wind, from the south.
southadjective
Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
southadjective
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
south highway 1
Southnoun
Those states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Southnoun
The south-eastern states of the United States, including more or less the same states as formed the Confederacy.
Southnoun
The southern part of any region.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Southadjective
Southern; meridional.
Etymology: from the noun.
One inch of delay more is a south sea off discovery. William Shakespeare.
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind. Job xxxvii. 17.
Mean while the south wind rose, and with black wings
Wide hovering, all the clouds together drove. John Milton.Southadverb
His regiment lies half a mile
South from the mighty power of the king. William Shakespeare, R. III.Such fruits as you appoint for long keeping, gather in a fair and dry day, and when the wind bloweth not south. Francis Bacon.
SOUTHnoun
Etymology: suð , Saxon; suyd, Dutch; sud, French.
East and West have no certain points of heaven, but North and South are fixed; and seldom the far southern people have invaded the northern, but contrariwise. Francis Bacon.
The queen of the South. Bible.
From the North to call
Decrepit Winter, from the South to bring
Solstitial Summer’s heat. John Milton.All the contagion of the South light on you,
You shames of Rome, you! William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.The North-east spends its rage, and now
Th’ effusive South warms the wide air. James Thomson, Spring.
Wikipedia
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
ChatGPT
south
South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points, which is directly opposite to the north and is typically associated with warmth, as it receives a significant amount of sun. On a map or compass, it is often depicted at the bottom and is at 180 degree on a compass card. South can refer to both a general direction or a specific geographic location.
Webster Dictionary
Southnoun
that one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east
Southnoun
a country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country
Southnoun
specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line
Southnoun
the wind from the south
Southadjective
lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole
Southadverb
toward the south; southward
Southadverb
from the south; as, the wind blows south
Southverb
to turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south
Southverb
to come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine
Etymology: [OE. south, su, AS. s for sun; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. sd, sden, Icel. sur, sunnr, Dan. syd, snden, Sw. syd, sder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. 297. See Sun.]
Wikidata
South
South is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the polar opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west. By convention, the bottom side of a map is south. To go south using a compass for navigation, set a bearing or azimuth of 180°.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
South
sowth, n. the direction in which the sun appears at noon to the people north of the Tropic of Cancer: any land opposite the north: the Southern States in U.S. history: the side of a church on the right hand of one facing the altar.—adj. lying towards the south.—adv. towards the south.—v.i. to veer towards the south: to cross the meridian of a place.—n. South′-east′, the direction equally distant from the south and east.—adjs. South′-east′, South′-east′erly, South′-east′ern, pertaining to, in the direction of, or coming from the south-east.—n. South′-east′er, a wind from the south-east.—advs. South′-east′ward, -ly, toward the south-east.—n. Souther (sowth′-), a wind from the south.—v.i. to veer toward the south.—adj. Southering (suth′-), turned toward the south, having a southern exposure.—n. Southerliness (suth′-), the condition of being southerly.—adjs. Southerly (suth′-), Southern (suth′-), pertaining to, situated in, or proceeding from or towards the south:—superls. Southermost (suth′-), Southernmost (suth′-), South′most, most southern, farthest towards the south.—n. Southerner (suth′-), an inhabitant of the south, esp. of the Southern States of America.—v.t. and v.i. Southernise (suth′-), to render southern in qualities or character, or to become such.—n. Southernism (suth′-), a form of expression peculiar to the south, esp. the Southern States of America.—adv. Southernly (suth′-), towards the south.—ns. Southernwood (suth′-), an aromatic plant of southern Europe, closely allied to wormwood; Southing (sowth′-), tendency or motion to the south: the time at which the moon passes the meridian; South′land, the south (also adj.).—adv. South′ly.—n. South′ness, tendency of a magnetic needle to point toward the south.—adj. Southron (suth′-), southern, esp. English.—n. a native or inhabitant of a southern country or district: an Englishman.—advs. South′ward (also suth′ard), toward the south (also n. and adj.); South′wardly (also adj.); South′wards.—n. South′-west′, the direction equally distant from the south and west—adjs. South′-west′, South′-west′erly, South′-west′ern, pertaining to, proceeding from, or lying in the direction of the south-west.—n. South′-west′er, a storm or gale from the south-west: a painted canvas hat with a broad flap behind for the neck (often Sou′west′er).—South Sea, the Pacific Ocean. [A.S. súth; Ger. süd, Ice. sudhr.]
Editors Contribution
south
Is an intuitively known direction or compass point on a navigational system on planet earth.
True south is the direction towards the southern end of the axis about which the earth rotates.
Submitted by MaryC on February 9, 2017
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SOUTH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, South is ranked #3231 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The South surname appeared 11,178 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname South.
88.1% or 9,853 total occurrences were White.
6% or 674 total occurrences were Black.
2.5% or 290 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.8% or 209 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.8% or 97 total occurrences were Asian.
0.4% or 55 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'South' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #577
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'South' in Written Corpus Frequency: #798
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'South' in Nouns Frequency: #233
Anagrams for South »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of South in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of South in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of South in a Sentence
Related ImageExpand / ContractSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says her state doesn't need unions. ( AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)( The Associated Press) Right-to-work laws mean workers at unionized plants do not have to join the labor organization. Haley, whose efforts have brought major investments from companies including Continental Tire and Boeing, recently went toe-to toe with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which sought to organize 3,000 workers at an aircraft plant she helped lure in 2011 with a $ 450 million package of tax incentives. The union suspended its effort to organize the Boeing plant after a rocky start. Haley, who said at her January state of the union address that South Carolina has an international reputation for being a state that does n’t want unions, because we don’t need unions, we have been successful in attracting some of the world’s top corporate citizens and paving the way for expansion of the businesses we already have because our right-to-work law strengthens the direct relationship our employers have with employees, Haley said. Our best advice to The UAW is to ask the IAM about how South Carolina workers view unions.
He was at the stage in his leadership where he should have been seen working on external affairs and trying to overcome international isolation, especially in light of the negative publicity he's got in recent months, by visiting Russia, he would have been able to exert pressure on China and also on South Korea, and he would have been able to improve his own image by going over there with his attractive wife and speak in English, which he surely must be able to do.
We found that gynaecological as well as other bodily examinations were conducted on South Asian women at British High Commissions in India, Pakistan [ and ] Bangladesh, as well as Heathrow Airport.
They're coming from South America, these are total killers.
Do I think there's a difference between getting a city budget passed in South Bend -- smaller than the city of Manchester ? Or getting three Republicans to vote for a $ 900 billion recovery act, that saved us and generated less than 1 % waste for fraud ? Yeah, I do.
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- suidAfrikaans
- ደቡብAmharic
- جنوبArabic
- cənubAzerbaijani
- көньяҡBashkir
- паўднёвы, по́ўдзеньBelarusian
- юг, ю́женBulgarian
- দক্ষিণBengali
- su, kreisteizBreton
- migjorn, sud, migdiaCatalan, Valencian
- къилбеChechen
- meziornuCorsican
- jih, poledne, jižníCzech
- югъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- deWelsh
- sydDanish
- Süden, südlich, den Bach runter gehen, süd, auf dem absteigen AstGerman
- νότος, νότια, νότιοςGreek
- sudo, sudaEsperanto
- austral, sureño, meridional, [[del]] [[sur]], [[al]] [[sur]], sur, hacer aguasSpanish
- lõunaEstonian
- hego, hegoaldeBasque
- نیمروز, جنوبPersian
- eteläinen, eteläFinnish
- suðurFaroese
- midi, méridional, sud, australFrench
- súdlik, súd, sudenWestern Frisian
- deisceartIrish
- a deas, deasScottish Gaelic
- ao sur, surGalician
- દક્ષિણGujarati
- דרומי, תימנא, דרוםHebrew
- दक्षिणHindi
- délHungarian
- հարավ, հարավայինArmenian
- sud, austral, [[del]] [[sud]], meridionalInterlingua
- selatanIndonesian
- sudeInterlingue
- sudoIdo
- suðurIcelandic
- sud, mezzogiorno, meridione, meridionaleItalian
- 南方, 南Japanese
- kidulJavanese
- სამხრეთიGeorgian
- оңтүстікKazakh
- ខាងត្បូង, ទៅខាងត្បូង, ទិសខាងត្បូង, ទក្សិណKhmer
- ದಕ್ಷಿಣKannada
- 남쪽, 남, 南Korean
- başûr, باشورKurdish
- түштүкKyrgyz
- australis, meridiesLatin
- ທິດໃຕ້Lao
- pietūsLithuanian
- dienvidiLatvian
- tongaMāori
- југ, ју́женMacedonian
- തെക്ക്Malayalam
- өмнө зүгMongolian
- selatan, janubiMalay
- nofsinhar, sud, t'isfelMaltese
- တောင်Burmese
- zuidelijk, zuid, zuidenDutch
- sørNorwegian Nynorsk
- syd, sørNorwegian
- shádiʼááhNavajo, Navaho
- ਦੱਖਣPanjabi, Punjabi
- południowy, południePolish
- [[ao]] [[sul]], [[do]] [[sul]], meridional, sulista, sul, australPortuguese
- sid, südRomansh
- sudic, sudRomanian
- зюйд, юг, ю́жныйRussian
- दक्षिणाSanskrit
- југ, jugSerbo-Croatian
- දකණSinhala, Sinhalese
- južný, juhSlovak
- jugSlovene
- jugAlbanian
- söder, sydSwedish
- kusiniSwahili
- தெற்குTamil
- దక్షిణంTelugu
- ҷанубTajik
- ทิศใต้Thai
- günortaTurkmen
- güney, cenupTurkish
- көньякTatar
- җәнуб, جەنۇبUyghur, Uighur
- південьUkrainian
- جنوب, دکشنUrdu
- janubUzbek
- phía nam, hướng namVietnamese
- sulüdik, sulüdVolapük
- דרוםYiddish
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