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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTIPODES

Via Late Latin from Greek, plural of antipous having the feet opposite, from anti- + pous foot.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTIPODES

antipodes  [ænˈtɪpəˌdiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTIPODES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antipodes is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTIPODES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Antipodes

In geography, the antipodes of any place on Earth is the point on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite to it. Two points that are antipodal /ænˈtɪpədəl/ to each other are connected by a straight line running through the centre of the Earth. In the Northern Hemisphere, "the Antipodes" is often used to refer to Australia and New Zealand, and "Antipodeans" to their inhabitants. Geographically the antipodes of Britain and Ireland are in the Pacific Ocean, south of New Zealand. This gave rise to the name of the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand, which are close to the antipodes of London at about 50° S 179° E. The antipodes of Australia are in the North Atlantic Ocean, while parts of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco are antipodal to New Zealand. Approximately 15% of land territory is antipodal to other land, representing approximately 4.4% of the Earth's surface. The largest antipodal land masses are the Malay Archipelago, antipodal to the Amazon Basin and adjoining Andean ranges; east China and Mongolia, antipodal to Chile and Argentina; and Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, antipodal to East Antarctica.

Definition of antipodes in the English dictionary

The first definition of antipodes in the dictionary is either or both of two points, places, or regions that are situated diametrically opposite to one another on the earth's surface, esp the country or region opposite one's own. Other definition of antipodes is the people who live there. Antipodes is also the exact or direct opposite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTIPODES


Alcibiades
ˌælsɪˈbaɪəˌdiːz
Cyclades
ˈsɪkləˌdiːz
dipsades
ˈdɪpsəˌdiːz
ephemerides
ˌɛfɪˈmɛrɪˌdiːz
Eumenides
juːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz
Euripides
jʊˈrɪpɪˌdiːz
Hebrides
ˈhɛbrɪˌdiːz
Hesperides
hɛˈspɛrɪˌdiːz
Hyades
ˈhaɪəˌdiːz
irides
ˈaɪrɪˌdiːz
Maimonides
maɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz
mastitides
mæˈstaɪtəˌdiːz
Miltiades
mɪlˈtaɪəˌdiːz
monades
ˈmɒnəˌdiːz
Pierides
paɪˈɪərɪˌdiːz
Pleiades
ˈplaɪəˌdiːz
rhagades
ˈræɡəˌdiːz
Simonides
saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz
Sporades
ˈspɒrəˌdiːz
Thucydides
θuːˈsɪdɪˌdiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTIPODES

antiplaque
antipleasure
antipoaching
antipodal
antipode
Antipodean
Antipodes Islands
antipoetic
antipole
antipolice
antipolitical
antipolitics
antipollution
antipope
antipopular
antiporn
antipornography
antiporter
antipot
antipoverty

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTIPODES

Andes
Apollonius of Rhodes
besides
Colossus of Rhodes
Comrades
condition codes
custodes
Everglades
Guides
Hades
ides
Landes
Lourdes
Mendes
palisades
Rhodes
shades
spades
strides
the antipodes

Synonyms and antonyms of antipodes in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antipodes» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTIPODES

Find out the translation of antipodes to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antipodes from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antipodes» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拓地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antípodas
570 millions of speakers

English

antipodes
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिलोम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النقائض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антиподы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antípodas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপরীত পৃথেবীপৃষ্ঠের বাসিন্দা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antipodes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antipod
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Antipoden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

対蹠地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대척
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antipoda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chổ phản đối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

antipodes
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Antipodes
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zıtlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antipodi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antypody
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антиподи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antipozi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντίποδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antipodes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antipoder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antipodes
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antipodes

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIPODES»

The term «antipodes» is regularly used and occupies the 73.867 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIPODES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antipodes

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTIPODES»

Discover the use of antipodes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antipodes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Antipodes: Stories
A collection of compelling short stories takes readers from the searing heat of the Gobi desert to the peak of Mount Everest, including tales of a monk who imagines the devil into existence and an English colonel who vows to make the trains ...
Ignacio Padilla, 2005
2
Evolution in the Antipodes: Charles Darwin and Australia
Charles Darwin's profound influence on Australian thinking is explored from a variety of positions in this carefully researched analysis.
Tom Frame, 2010
3
Virtual Voyages: Travel Writing and the Antipodes 1605-1837
This book offers a fresh perspective by focussing on the eighteenth century, and referring to the geographical region of Australia and the Pacific, which has had far less attention.
Paul Longley Arthur, 2011
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Gems from the Antipodes: 12 Collections of Faith-Focusing ...
The book is written for the seekers and dreamers of this century.
Duane Allen Vachon, 2009
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Antipodes
In this new collection of poems, Michael Jackson plays on the different senses of the word antipodes to explore questions of inequity and division between North and South as well as personal quandaries and contradictions arising from a life ...
Michael Jackson, 1996
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God Down Under: Theology in the Antipodes
The papers in this volume of essays arose out of a lively conversation involving theologians, religuious leaders, biblical scholars, historians, philosophers, ethicists, youth workers, poets and welfare activists in Canberra in 2000.
Winifred Wing Han Lamb, Ian Barns, 2003
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The Antipodes
In the Globe Quarto series co-published with Shakespeare's Globe to mark the rediscovery of forgotten plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries.
Richard Brome, David Scott Kastan, Richard Proudfoot, 2000
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A Visit to the Antipodes: With Some Reminiscences of a ...
Pref signed: E L On spine: a visit to the Antipodes.
E. Lloyd, A squatter, 1846
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Images of the Antipodes in the Eighteenth Century: A Study ...
It is therefore worth analyzing the metaphors and images used in such works. The theme of gender inversion, for example, doubled the physical inversion that had once been associated with travel to the antipodes. Monstrous bodily forms, too ...
David Fausett, 1995
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Our Antipodes; or, Residence and rambles in the Australasian ...
OUR ANTIPODES. CHAPTER I. A MAN must be leading in Europe a very sad, solitary, or unsatisfactory existence, who can, without many a pang of regret, many a sigh of painful separation, gird up his loins, shoulder his wallet, and clutch his ...
Godfrey Charles MUNDY, 1857

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTIPODES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antipodes is used in the context of the following news items.
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Will USA win the Gold Cup? Germany's best seem to think so
It's one of the strange anomalies of the game's situation, and it applies from the antipodes to North America, via the subcontinent. Perhaps it ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Bajazet review (City Recital Hall, Sydney)
Erin Helyard conducts the Orchestra of the Antipodes with plenty of fire, and draws the type of performance from them you could expect from a ... «Daily Review, Jul 15»
3
Our Big Blue Backyard Season 2 now in production
... White Island; the Chatham Islands; Banks Peninsula; Fiordland; and two of New Zealand's Sub Antarctic islands - Campbell and Antipodes. «Voxy, Jul 15»
4
Chatham Rock pressing on with bid
Mr Castle said a reverse takeover of New Zealand gold prospecting company Antipodes Gold (formerly Glass Earth Gold) was proceeding, ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
History of Ashes: How the urn changed hands, Part 1 of 4, The …
What is known, however, is the 1882-83 triumph for Ivo Bligh and his men over the arch rivals in the antipodes. England won the series 3-0, and ... «Cricket Country, Jul 15»
6
Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Australia and New Zealand in …
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Australia and New Zealand in November, their second trip to the Antipodes together. The Prince of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Renata Adler: writer of the radical middle as cult figure for a new …
From the distance, geographical and intellectual, of the Antipodes from Washington and New York, Adler's non-fiction analysis of the way we ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
8
Secret Sauce For Corporate Success: Knowing To Use Teams
But, as this book states, too often media stories about business successes “focus on two antipodes … the lone hero and the giant enterprise,” ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
9
In my beauty bag: ZM's Megan Sellers
I like the Antipodes skincare range, and I use a lot of natural organic rosehip oil on my face. My new fave is straight-up coconut oil! I love Coola ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
10
How airlines are soothing the way for high-flyers
You'll find an organic, homegrown product, Antipodes skincare, in Air New Zealand's business and premium economy classes; on Virgin ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Antipodes [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/antipodes>. Apr 2024 ».
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