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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUR

La palabra sur procede del francés sud, la cual a su vez procede del inglés antiguo sûþ.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SUR IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
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Sur 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 SUR MEAN IN SPANISH?

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sur

South

Sur

The South or meridion is the cardinal point that indicates, on a meridian, the direction to the South Pole. It is one of the four cardinal points, located diametrically opposite to the North. It is the direction along a meridian at 90 ° clockwise from the East. In the northern hemisphere it coincides with the position of the Sun at noon; In the southern hemisphere is, on the contrary, the cardinal point opposite to the position of the Sun at noon. It is usually referred to as the cardinal point as the direction and the region or lower part of a country or geographical area, which by convention is represented in the lower area of ​​maps, charts and plans. The meridian line on the horizon passes through two points the North and the South. What is of the south, is in the south or belongs to the south, is denominated southern, austral or southern. El Sur o meridión es el punto cardinal que indica, sobre un meridiano, la dirección al Polo Sur. Es uno de los cuatro puntos cardinales, situado diametralmente opuesto al Norte. Es la dirección a lo largo de un meridiano a 90° en sentido horario del Este. En el hemisferio norte coincide con la posición del Sol al mediodía; en el hemisferio sur es, al contrario, el punto cardinal opuesto a la posición del Sol al mediodía. Se suele denominar así tanto al punto cardinal como a la dirección y a la comarca o parte inferior de un país o zona geográfica, que por convención se representa en la zona inferior de mapas, cartas y planos. La recta meridiana sobre el horizonte pasa por dos puntos el Norte y el Sur. Lo que es del sur, está en el sur o pertenece al sur, se denomina sureño, austral o meridional.

Definition of sur in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition of south in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is the cardinal point of the horizon in the direction of the South Pole, which coincides with the position of the Sun at noon .. Another meaning of south in the dictionary is region or territory located in the southern part of a country or a specific geographical area. The working-class neighborhoods of the south. South is also place located south of another place with whose position it is compared. The countries south of Ecuador. La primera definición de sur en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es punto cardinal del horizonte en dirección al Polo Sur, que coincide con la posición del Sol a mediodía.. Otro significado de sur en el diccionario es región o territorio situado en la parte sur de un país o de un área geográfica determinada. Los barrios obreros del sur. Sur es también lugar situado al sur de otro lugar con cuya posición se compara. Los países al sur del Ecuador.
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SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUR


abur
bur
aguazur
a·gua·zur
agur
gur
albur
al·bur
amateur
a·ma·teur
astur
as·tur
augur
au·gur
azur
zur
calambur
ca·lam·bur
cambur
cam·bur
glamour
gla·mour
guipur
gui·pur
jur
jur
ligur
li·gur
mur
mur
segur
se·gur
tafur
ta·fur
tour
tour
voyeur
vo·yeur
yogur
yo·gur

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUR

suquinay
sura
surá
surada
surafricana
surafricano
sural
suramericana
suramericano
surazo
surbajacaliforniana
surbajacaliforniano
súrbana
surcador
surcadora
surcaño
surcar
surcir
surco
surcoreana

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE SUR

alejur
exequátur
fémur
imprimátur
lémur

Synonyms and antonyms of sur in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SUR» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words have a similar or identical meaning as «sur» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish synonyms of sur

ANTONYMS OF «SUR» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words mean the opposite of «sur» and also belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish antonyms of sur

Translation of «sur» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUR

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Translator Spanish - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

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sur
570 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - English

south
510 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Hindi

दक्षिण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Spanish - Arabic

جنوب
280 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Russian

юг
278 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Portuguese

sul
270 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Bengali

দক্ষিণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - French

au sud
220 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Malay

selatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - German

Süden
180 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Korean

남쪽
85 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Javanese

kidul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Spanish - Vietnamese

nam
80 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Tamil

தெற்கு
75 millions of speakers

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दक्षिण
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Turkish

güney
70 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Italian

a sud
65 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Polish

południe
50 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Ukrainian

південь
40 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Romanian

sud
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Spanish - Greek

νότος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Spanish - Afrikaans

Suid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Spanish - Swedish

söder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Spanish - Norwegian

sør
5 millions of speakers

SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

sur
sur 
  south ; southland.
 Short-loans could move adjacent to the main issue desk at the south by moving furniture, or at the north by rearranging the catalogue.
 During his relatively brief career as a corporate tactician, Jeff Gordon, a lanky 32-year-old who retains a touch of the 'aw shucks' manner of his native southland, has chalked up some substantial achievement.
al sur de 
south of
 Africans south of the Sahara lived largely in nomadic, hunter-gatherer groups up until 200 BC.
América del Sur 
South America
 This article discusses the objectives, structure and organization of Mercosur, the Common Market of the South, which unites South American countries economically.
Cono Sur, el 
Southern Cone, the
 Arceneaux's book offers a careful historical examination of military regimes across four countries and five different governments in the Southern Cone and Brazil.
Corea del Sur 
South Korea
 This article discusses the influence of the USA system of representative democracy and the Library of Congress, especially on the parliamentary libraries of Japan (1948) and South Korea (1952).
de Corea del Sur 
South Korean
 The author examines the increasing output of South Korean government publications in social science titles.
del extremo sur 
southernmost
 This article discusses the slow development of school libraries in Kerala, the southernmost state of India.
del sur  [Adjetivo]   [Usado menos frecuentemente que southerly]
southern
southerly
southernly
 Edmonds supervised the planning and construction of two such regional libraries, in the northern and southern parts of the city.
 Scotland's most southerly distillery nestles on the green banks of the River Bladnoch, from which it takes its name.
 5 bedroom detached family home with a magnificent mature southernly rear garden.
del sur de Asia 
South Asian
 This section is designed to help health care professionals more effectively respond to the needs of South Asians in the United States.
del sur de Europa 
Southern European
 Their main effort has been to provide captions for the deaf as well as subtitles in Southern European languages for immigrants not fluent in Swedish.
derecho hacia al sur 
due south
 By the way, this region and surrounding areas of the sky - being due south - are not seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
directamente hacia el sur 
due south
 By the way, this region and surrounding areas of the sky - being due south - are not seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
en dirección sur   
southward(s)
southbound
in a southerly direction
 After lunch we'll travel southwards to Culzean Castle, the ancestral home of the Kennedy family.
 If you look at the tube map northbound is up, southbound is down, eastbound is right and westbound is left.
 Continue down this road, crossing various traffic lights, in a southerly direction, until the Rondebult intersection.
Europa del Sur 
Southern Europe
 In the 1980s came the onset of the 'new' immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe.
exactamente al sur 
due south
 By the way, this region and surrounding areas of the sky - being due south - are not seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
habitante del sur 
Southerner
 I'm from the north, was raised in the south, and personally feel that Southerners are more homy and nice than Northerners.
hacia el sur     [Usado menos frecuentemente que southerly] 
southward(s)
southbound
southerly
southernly
in a southerly direction
 After lunch we'll travel southwards to Culzean Castle, the ancestral home of the Kennedy family.
 If you look at the tube map northbound is up, southbound is down, eastbound is right and westbound is left.
 Scotland's most southerly distillery nestles on the green banks of the River Bladnoch, from which it takes its name.
 5 bedroom detached family home with a magnificent mature southernly rear garden.
 Continue down this road, crossing various traffic lights, in a southerly direction, until the Rondebult intersection.
Hemisferio Sur, el 
Southern Hemisphere, the
 Her 'tour of duty' extended from the end of September 1987 to the end of March of the following year, summertime for the Southern Hemisphere.
mirando al sur 
south facing
 Energy conservation was an important concern for all 7 libraries, with south facing high windows and heat absorbing walls in all buildings.
Nueva Gales del Sur 
New South Wales
 This article describes the programme of workshops in New South Wales which was undertaken by members of the ASA Sydney Branch, with financial assistance from the New South Wales Bicentennial Council.
orientado al sur 
south facing
 Energy conservation was an important concern for all 7 libraries, with south facing high windows and heat absorbing walls in all buildings.
Pacífico del Sur, el 
South Pacific, the
 The development of the library and information sector in the South Pacific has been slow and unequal, reflecting very much the geographical, political, cultural and economic background of the region.
Polo Sur, el  [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
South Pole, the
 I have found in reading extracts from Scott's diary of his trip to the South Pole that pupils interrupted all the time to ask questions, until the final entries were reached, when everyone went very quiet, moved deeply by Scott's words and unwilling to bruise the emotion they felt.
que mira al sur 
south facing
 Energy conservation was an important concern for all 7 libraries, with south facing high windows and heat absorbing walls in all buildings.
República de Sudán del Sur, la 
Republic of South Sudan, the
 The Republic of South Sudan separated from Sudan and became an independent nation on July 9, 2011.
rumbo al sur   
in a southerly direction
southward(s)
southbound
 Continue down this road, crossing various traffic lights, in a southerly direction, until the Rondebult intersection.
 After lunch we'll travel southwards to Culzean Castle, the ancestral home of the Kennedy family.
 If you look at the tube map northbound is up, southbound is down, eastbound is right and westbound is left.
Sudán del Sur 
South Sudan
 South Sudan has formed an autonomous government as part of a January peace deal that ended more than two decades of civil war.
Sur de Africa 
Southern Africa
 The author discusses the development of national libraries in Southern Africa, focusing on the national libraries of Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland.
sur de Asia 
South Asia
 We need, for example, at least another acquisition center in South Asia.
tierras del sur 
southland
 During his relatively brief career as a corporate tactician, Jeff Gordon, a lanky 32-year-old who retains a touch of the 'aw shucks' manner of his native southland, has chalked up some substantial achievement.
viento del sur 
southerly wind
 And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew his breath over it and created the horse.
Yemen del Sur 
South Yemen
 Anti-government protesters shouted slogans during a rally to celebrate the anniversary of South Yemen's independence from British colonial rule.

Trends of use of sur

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUR»

The term «sur» is very widely used and occupies the 557 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about sur

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SPANISH QUOTES WITH «SUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sur.
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Henry David Thoreau
Las fronteras no son el este o el oeste, el norte o el sur, sino allí donde el hombre se enfrenta a un hecho.

3 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «SUR»

Fuego fatuo y sur soplando, el tiempo va empeorando.
Norte claro, sur oscuro, aguacero seguro.
Si del sur el viento es, botas de agua a los pies.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUR»

Discover the use of sur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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Falsas Cronicas Del Sur/ False Southern Chronicles
"Eight tales inspired on the facts, legends and popular oral tradition of the coastal towns of southern Puerto Rico offer in this volume a fictional recreation of historical events."
Ana Lydia Vega, 1991
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Conversación al sur
Es Montevideo, vieja ciudad tomada y degradada. De silencio ignominioso. Ahí se produce una conversación entre dos mujeres. Ella delinea una sola determinación: la lucha; desemboca en un solo presente: la muerte.
Marta Traba, 1999
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América Latina: América del Sur
Aunque las naciones de América Latina tengan un pasado parecido y muchos rasgos comunes de lengua, religión, sistemas de dominación social y nacional, aunque todos los países que la integran hayan luchado contra enemigos comunes desde ...
Pablo González Casanova, 1977
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El sur como disculpa
La obra fotográfica del doctor Canal (hematólogo-oncólogo) ilustra todos los relatos-opiniones de esta obra.INDICE: El sur como disculpa. La biología no es destino. Etica para andar por casa. Los médicos a su pesar.
Federico J. C- Soriguer Escofet, 1996
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La globalización desde el sur: estrategias para el siglo XXI
Martin Khor es director de la Red del Tercer Mundo.
Martin Khor, 2001
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Cuentos al sur del Mediterráneo
Podemos reconocer en estos dieciséis cuentos mitos y referencias de la memoria común mediterránea en la tradición de la lengua árabe, de algunos de los idiomas bereberes y de un idioma subsahariano.
Rodolfo Gil Grimau, 1987
7
Historia general de Baja California Sur: Los procesos políticos
The first of an outstanding three-volume history of Baja California Sur, a collaborative effort by scholars of the state university. The first volume is a well organized chronological economic history of the state.
‎2002
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Alas del Sur: (Antología poética 1926-1967)
El 27 de mayo de 1901 nació, circunstancialmente en Salamanca, Pedro Garfias, quien años después sería integrante de esa otra Generación del 27, marcada por el silencio y el olvido.
Pedro Garfias, Pedro Garfias Zurita, 2013
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De sur a sur: análisis multidisciplinar del fenómeno ...
Investigación del fenómeno de la inmigración en España a nivel político y social.
Pilar Almoguera Sallent, 2002
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Historia general de Baja California Sur: La economía regional
The first of an outstanding three-volume history of Baja California Sur, a collaborative effort by scholars of the state university. The first volume is a well organized chronological economic history of the state.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sur is used in the context of the following news items.
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Corea del Sur tiene un plan militar para eliminar a Kim Jong-un
Corea del Sur tiene un plan para eliminar al líder de Corea del Norte, Kim Jong-un, si Pionyang prepara un ataque nuclear. Así lo ha confirmado este miércoles ... «RT en Español - Noticias internacionales, Sep 16»
2
Baja California Sur, en alerta por huracán 'Paine'
LA PAZ, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR (19/SEP/2016).- En la entidad las autoridades de Protección Civil de Baja California Sur permanecen atentas ante la ... «Informador.com.mx, Sep 16»
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En una muestra de fuerza, EE.UU. sobrevuela Corea del Sur con ...
Estados Unidos sobrevoló dos aviones supersónicos bombarderos estratégicos B-1B Lancer en Corea del Sur en una muestra de fuerza días después de que ... «BBC Mundo, Sep 16»
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Los planes de Corea del Sur para atacar a la capital de Corea del ...
Corea del Sur tiene un plan para aniquilar a Pyongyang, la capital de Corea del Norte, si éste muestra algún indicio de estar organizando un ataque nuclear, ... «BBC Mundo, Sep 16»
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El huracán Newton toca tierra en Baja California Sur y se espera ...
El gobierno de México emitió una alerta por huracán para la costa oeste del estado de Baja California Sur, desde la zona al norte de Puerto Cortés hasta Cabo ... «Univision, Sep 16»
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"EE.UU. y Corea del Sur buscan 'sofocar' y eliminar a Corea del Norte"
En las maniobras conjuntas de EE.UU. y Corea del Sur en la península coreana se ensayan escenarios "que están lejos de ser defensivos", sostiene un ... «RT en Español - Noticias internacionales, Aug 16»
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Alerta de tsunami tras sismo de 7,2 en el Pacífico Sur
Varias islas del Pacífico Sur se asientan sobre el llamado "Anillo de Fuego del Pacífico", un área de gran actividad sísmica y volcánica sacudida por unos 7.000 ... «teleSUR TV, Aug 16»
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Las mejores imágenes del México vs. Corea del Sur en Río 2016
Al término de la primera mitad México y Corea del Sur empataban a cero ... La afición mexicana se hizo notar desde la grada en el partido ante Corea del Sur. «Vivelo Hoy, Aug 16»
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El selfie que unió a Corea del Norte y Corea del Sur en las ...
La imagen de Lee Eun-ju, de Corea del Sur, y Hong Un-jong, de Corea del Norte, durante un descanso mientras se entrenaban para las competencias de ... «BBC Mundo, Aug 16»
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Corea del Sur espera otra prueba nuclear del vecino del Norte
TOKIO (Sputnik) — El Gobierno de Corea del Sur espera otra prueba nuclear, la quinta, de Corea del Norte, comunicó el portavoz del Ministerio de Unificación ... «Sputnik Mundo, Jul 16»

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