south
Meanings
- 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.
- The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- The negative or south pole of a magnet
- Toward the south; southward.
- from the south.
- Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
- Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.
- Toward the south; southward.
- Downward.
- In an adverse direction or trend.
- Of wind, from the south.
- To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
- To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
- Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
- The Southern United States.
- Southern England.
- The southern states of India.
- The Global South.
- Antarctica.
- A surname.
- Ellipsis of South College, Durham.
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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 ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr (“southern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą (“south”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognates Cognate with Scots sooth (“south”), Yola zouth (“south”), North Frisian sööd, Süđ, süüd (“south”), Saterland Frisian Sude, Suud (“south”), West Frisian súd (“south”), Dutch zuid (“south”), German Süd (“south”), Danish syd (“south”), Faroese, Icelandic suður (“south”), Norwegian Bokmål syd, sør (“south”), Norwegian Nynorsk sør (“south”), Swedish syd, söder (“south”); also with Irish súil (“eye”), Cornish howl (“sun”), Manx sooill (“eye”), Scottish Gaelic sùil (“eye”), Welsh haul (“sun”), Latin sōl (“sun”), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun; east; day”), Czech slunce (“sun”), Polish słońce (“sun”), Russian солнце (solnce, “sun”), Serbo-Croatian сунце, sunce (“sun”), Slovene sonce (“sun”), Latgalian saule (“sun”), Latvian saũle (“sun”), Lithuanian sáulė (“sun”), Albanian diell (“sun”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuar^ə, “sun”), Persian خور (xwar, “sun”), Ossetian хор (xor), хур (xur, “sun”), Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya, “sun”), Tocharian A swāñce (“beam, ray”), Tocharian B swāñco (“beam, ray”).