south

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'south': /ˈsaʊθ/; 'South': /saʊθ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/saʊθ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(n., adj., adv. south; v. south, souᵺ)



south
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Sense: Situated to the south
Synonyms:
southern Collocations, southward, on the south side of, in the south, toward the equator, southmost, southernmost, toward the south pole, southerly, austral, tropical, equatorial, in the torrid zone
Sense: Moving south
Synonyms:
southward, to the south, southbound, headed south, southerly, in a southerly direction, toward the equator
Sense: Coming from the south
Synonyms:
headed north, northbound, out of the south, from the south, toward the north pole
Sense: n.
Synonyms:
southland, southern section, southern region, tropics, tropical region, equatorial region, south pole, southern hemisphere, south arctic region
Sense: n.
Synonyms:
the Sunny South, South Atlantic States, the Old South, Pre-Civil War South, Southern United States, the New South, the Deep South, territory south of the Mason-Dixon line, cotton belt, tobacco states, Sunbelt, Bible belt, down south, Dixie, Dixieland, Southland, Confederacy, United States


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