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Meaning of "south" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOUTH

Old English sūth; related to Old Norse suthr southward, Old High German sundan from the south.
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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 SOUTH

south  [saʊθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOUTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
South can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SOUTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

South

South is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. It is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. South the polar opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west.

Definition of south in the English dictionary

The first definition of south in the dictionary is one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at 180° from north and 90° clockwise from east and anticlockwise from west. Other definition of south is the direction along a meridian towards the South Pole. South is also the player or position at the table corresponding to south on the compass.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOUTH


bigmouth
ˈbɪɡˌmaʊθ
blabbermouth
ˈblæbəˌmaʊθ
cottonmouth
ˈkɒtənˌmaʊθ
down-in-the-mouth
ˌdaʊnənɪnðəˈmaʊθ
foot-and-mouth
ˌfʊtəndˈmaʊθ
frogmouth
ˈfrɒɡˌmaʊθ
goalmouth
ˈɡəʊlˌmaʊθ
Grangemouth
ˈɡreɪndʒmaʊθ
largemouth
ˈlɑːdʒˌmaʊθ
loudmouth
ˈlaʊdˌmaʊθ
Louth
laʊθ
motormouth
ˈməʊtəˌmaʊθ
mouth
maʊθ
river-mouth
ˈrɪvəˌmaʊθ
routh
raʊθ
rowth
raʊθ
smashmouth
ˈsmæʃˌmaʊθ
Tynemouth
ˈtaɪnˌmaʊθ
warmouth
ˈwɔːˌmaʊθ
word-of-mouth
ˌwɜːdəvˈmaʊθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOUTH

souteneur
souter
souterly
souterrain
South Africa
South African
South African Dutch
South African War
South America
South American
South American trypanosomiasis
South Arabia
South Arabian
South Atlantic
South Australia
South Australian
South Ayrshire
South Bend
south by east
south by west

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOUTH

Bournemouth
Dartmouth
Deep South
down in the mouth
Falmouth
from hand to mouth
have a big mouth
look a gift-horse in the mouth
Monmouth
New South
Plymouth
Portsmouth
run off at the mouth
the horse´s mouth
the south
vermouth
Weymouth
word of mouth
Yarmouth
youth

Synonyms and antonyms of south in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «south» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOUTH

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

Translator English - Chinese

南边的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

meridional
570 millions of speakers

English

south
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दक्षिण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَنُوبِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

южный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

do sul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দক্ষিণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sud
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Selatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

südlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

南の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남쪽의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sisih kidul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ở phía nam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दक्षिण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güney
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

meridionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

południowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

південний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sudic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νότιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Suid-
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

södra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sørlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of south

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUTH»

The term «south» is very widely used and occupies the 686 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUTH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «south» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «south» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SOUTH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word south.
1
Peter Agre
Now a cholera epidemic was sweeping through Southeast Asia and south Asia in the early 1970s, so I started medical school and I joined a laboratory to work on this.
2
William Henry Ashley
The principal or highest part of the mountain having changed its direction to east and west, I ascended it in such manner as to leave its most elevated ranges to the south and travelled north west over a very rough and broken country generally covered with snow.
3
Honor Blackman
South Africa is the most beautiful country I have been to. Canada is also hugely underrated.
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Benny Blanco
I always have a ping-pong table in the studio. If you're with an artist and you notice the situation is going south a little bit, it's like, 'You wanna play ping-pong or foosball?' Or, 'You wanna go grab somethin' to eat?' And then you just like talk to them and relax them and get them comfortable and get yourself comfortable.
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Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy is on his dance, down south, young, 18-year-old, comedic swag. It's really just each person's personality; if every rapper had the same swag, it would be kind of boring.
6
Dana Brunetti
You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
7
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts.
8
J. M. Coetzee
South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
9
William Colby
South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon.
10
Christopher Columbus
I found that part of it towards San Salvador extending from north to south five leagues, and the other side which we coasted along, ran from east to west more than ten leagues.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUTH»

Discover the use of south in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to south and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
South!: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917
Account of the Imperial Trans-Antartic Expedition attempted by Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew.
Ernest H. Shackleton, 2010
2
South Africa's Alternative Press: Voices of Protest and ...
Collection of essays on the South African alternative press from the 1880s to the 1960s.
Les Switzer, 1997
3
The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Woman's ...
Women's historian Gerda Lerner tells the compelling story of these determined sisters and the contributions they made to the anti-slavery and women's rights movements.
Gerda Lerner, 1998
4
South
Captain Mackintosh and his party left the Aurora' on the evening of January 25.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, 2004
5
Rugby and the South African Nation: Sport, Cultures, ...
This book fills the gap through a critical interpretation of rugby's role in the development of white society, its role in shaping significant social divisions, and its centrality to the apartheid era "power elite".
David Ross Black, David R. Black, John Nauright, 1998
6
South-south Migration and Remittances
"South-South Migration and Remittances" reports on preliminary results from an ongoing effort to improve data on bilateral migration stocks.
Dilip Ratha, William Shaw, 2007
7
Geographies of England: The North-South Divide, Material and ...
These are the central questions addressed in this pioneering 2004 exploration of the history of a fundamentally geographical concept.
Alan R. H. Baker, Mark Billinge, 2004
8
In the Country of the Heart: Love Poems from South Africa
Love poems written by South Africans, and set in its police vans and bluegum trees, its backyards and its bedrooms, are collected in this anthology.
P. R. Anderson, 2004
9
African Traditional Religion in South Africa: An Annotated ...
This work participates in that recovery by providing a comprehensive guide to research on the indigenous religious heritage of this dynamic country.
DAVID CHIDESTER, CHIREVO KWENDA, ROBERT PETTY, 1997
10
Christianity in South Africa: A Political, Social, and ...
This is a creative and much-needed contribution to scholarship and general knowledge. . . . An outstanding work."--Dean S. Gilliland, Fuller Theological Seminary
Richard Elphick, T. R. H. Davenport, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term south is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pope Francis Condemns Corruption And 'Unbridled Capitalism' In …
It was the second time during his trip to South America that Francis, the first pope from the region, used a major speech to excoriate unbridled capitalism and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Era Ends as South Carolina Lowers Confederate Flag
And when the red and blue Confederate battle flag was finally, permanently lowered here from its place of honor on the grounds of the South Carolina State ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Pope's Social Message Puts Him on Tricky Terrain in South America
QUITO, Ecuador—In two years as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has accused multinational companies of stripping poor countries of natural ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
South Carolina lawmakers vote to remove Confederate flag
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and others have called for the flag to be taken down in the wake of a deadly shooting at a predominately black church in ... «CNN, Jul 15»
5
Nikki Haley went from tea party star to a leader of the New South
Visitors could almost miss it altogether if not for the road sign on the drive in: “Bamberg, home of Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina.” Most mornings ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
6
Federal Hate Crime Charges Likely in South Carolina Church …
Beyond South Carolina, the campaign to remove long-venerated Confederate symbols from public grounds gained momentum as the Republican governor of ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
7
The Complex Politics of South Carolina's Confederate Flag
A Confederate flag flies outside the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2012. The shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»
8
Shooting suspect in custody after Charleston church massacre
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) Before he allegedly opened fire on members of a Bible study group at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, Dylann Roof ... «CNN, Jun 15»
9
New MERS cases in South Korea, but outbreak slowing
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) Seven new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS virus, have been confirmed in South Korea, the country's Ministry ... «CNN, Jun 15»
10
This Photo Symbolizes Just How Much MERS Is Taking Over South
A photo of South Korean wedding attendees wearing surgical masks to protect themselves from the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) went viral this ... «TIME, Jun 15»

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