south : Idioms & Phrases

• noun city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa
  Pretoria.
  

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• noun capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina
  Columbia.
  

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• noun capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
  Pierre.
  

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• noun the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea
  Seoul.
  

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• noun the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
  

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• noun the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
  S; southward; south.
  

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• according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11 to the north or south, respectively, of the point due east.

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• noun the compass point that is one point south of due east
  EbS.
  

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• noun a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
  Georgia; GA; Peach State.
  

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• adverb in a southern direction
  in the south; south.
  
  • we moved south

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• noun an Australian state in southeastern Australia
  

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• noun in a direction parallel with lines of longitude
  

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• noun the South of the United States before the American Civil War
  

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• noun the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama
  Birmingham.
  

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• noun a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
  Republic of South Africa.
  

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• noun a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
  Republic of South Africa.
  

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• noun a native or inhabitant of South Africa
  
• adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people
  

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• noun an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
  Taal; Afrikaans.
  

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• noun monetary unit in South Africa
  

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• noun a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
  
• noun the nations of the South American continent collectively
  
  • South America is an important market for goods from the United States

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• noun a native or inhabitant of South America
  
• adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of South America or their peoples
  

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• noun large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog
  crapaud; Leptodactylus pentadactylus.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
  South American country.
  

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• noun a member of a native Indian group in South America
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
  South American country.
  

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• noun a South American toad
  

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• noun of the southern coast of South America
  Otaria Byronia.
  

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• noun fern of Peru and Bolivia
  Platycerium andinum.
  

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• noun that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator
  

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• noun a state in south central Australia
  

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• noun a city in northern Indiana
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point east of due south
  SbE.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point west of due south
  SbW.
  

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• noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  
• noun a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
  SC; Palmetto State.
  

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• noun a native or resident of South Carolina
  

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• noun the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere
  

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• noun a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons
  

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• noun a state in north central United States
  Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State; SD.
  

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• noun a native or resident of South Dakota
  

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• noun a Dravidian language spoken primarily in southern India
  

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• noun an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator
  

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• noun the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
  Antarctic; Antarctic Zone.
  

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• noun the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait
  

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• noun a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
  Republic of Korea.
  

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• noun a Korean from South Korea
  
• adjective of or relating to or characteristic of South Korea or its people
  

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• noun monetary unit in South Korea
  

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• noun the basic unit of money in South Korea
  won.
  

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• noun a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
  SoHo.
  

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• noun that part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator
  

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• noun a tributary of the Platte River
  South Platte.
  

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• noun a tributary of the Platte River
  South Platte.
  

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• noun the southernmost point of the Earth's axis
  

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• noun any sea to the south of the equator (but especially the South Pacific)
  

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• noun any islands in the southern or southwestern of central parts of the Pacific Ocean
  

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• noun the side that is on the south
  

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• noun the compass point midway between south and southeast
  SSE; sou'-sou'-east.
  

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South` south"er*ly

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1. (Zoöl.) the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.

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• noun the compass point midway between south and southwest
  sou'-sou'-west; SSW.
  

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• noun Temperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn
  

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• noun a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam
  

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• noun a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa
  Namibia; Republic of Namibia.
  

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• noun a wind from the south
  souther; southerly.
  

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• noun a metropolitan county in northern England
  

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• noun erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves
  Podocarpus latifolius.
  

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• adjective satellite situated in the southern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region
  
  • south-central London
• adjective satellite being in or of a region of the United States including the states of the lower Mississippi valley and east of the Rio Grande
  

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• noun a Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India
  

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• adverb to, toward, or in the southeast
  southeast; sou'-east.
  

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• adjective satellite at or near the south pole
  Antarctic.
  

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• (Bot.) See Yaupon.

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• noun the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely
  negative magnetic pole; negative pole.
  

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• adverb to, toward, or in the south southeast
  sou'-sou'-east.
  

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• adverb to, toward, or in the south southwest
  sou'-sou'-west.
  

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• adverb to, toward, or in the southwest
  sou'west; southwest.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point south of southeast
  SEbS.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point south of southwest
  SWbS.
  

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• adverb in a southern direction
  in the south; south.
  
  • we moved south

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• according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11¼° to the north or south, respectively, of the point due west.

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• noun the compass point that is one point south of due west
  WbS.
  

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