Definitions for south
saʊθ; saʊðsouth

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Southnoun

   the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

2. Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixielandnoun

   the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

3. south, due south, southward, Snoun

   the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

4. southnoun

   a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city

5. southadjective

   the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point

6. southadverb

   situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south

   "the south entrance"

7. south, to the south, in the southadverb

   in a southern direction

   "we moved south"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. southnoun

   One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map.

2. southadverb

   Toward the south; southward.

3. southadverb

   Downward.

4. southadverb

   In an adverse direction or trend.

5. southadverb

   Of wind, from the south.

6. southadjective

   Toward the south; southward.

7. southadjective

   Of wind, from the south.

8. southadjective

   Of or pertaining to the south; southern.

9. southadjective

   Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.

   south highway 1

10. Southnoun

    Those states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

11. Southnoun

    The south-eastern states of the United States, including more or less the same states as formed the Confederacy.

12. Southnoun

    The southern part of any region.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Southadjective

   Southern; meridional.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   One inch of delay more is a south sea off discovery. William Shakespeare.

   How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind. Job xxxvii. 17.

   Mean while the south wind rose, and with black wings
   Wide hovering, all the clouds together drove. John Milton.

2. Southadverb

   1. Towards the South.

   His regiment lies half a mile
   South from the mighty power of the king. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   2. From the South.

   Such fruits as you appoint for long keeping, gather in a fair and dry day, and when the wind bloweth not south. Francis Bacon.

3. SOUTHnoun

   Etymology: suð , Saxon; suyd, Dutch; sud, French.

   1. The part where the sun is to us at noon.

   East and West have no certain points of heaven, but North and South are fixed; and seldom the far southern people have invaded the northern, but contrariwise. Francis Bacon.

   2. The southern regions of the globe.

   The queen of the South. Bible.

   From the North to call
   Decrepit Winter, from the South to bring
   Solstitial Summer’s heat. John Milton.

   3. The wind that blows from the South.

   All the contagion of the South light on you,
   You shames of Rome, you! William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   The North-east spends its rage, and now
   Th’ effusive South warms the wide air. James Thomson, Spring.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. South

   South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. south

   South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points, which is directly opposite to the north and is typically associated with warmth, as it receives a significant amount of sun. On a map or compass, it is often depicted at the bottom and is at 180 degree on a compass card. South can refer to both a general direction or a specific geographic location.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Southnoun

   that one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east

2. Southnoun

   a country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country

3. Southnoun

   specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line

4. Southnoun

   the wind from the south

5. Southadjective

   lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole

6. Southadverb

   toward the south; southward

7. Southadverb

   from the south; as, the wind blows south

8. Southverb

   to turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south

9. Southverb

   to come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine

10. Etymology: [OE. south, su, AS. s for sun; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. sd, sden, Icel. sur, sunnr, Dan. syd, snden, Sw. syd, sder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. 297. See Sun.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. South

   South is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the polar opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west. By convention, the bottom side of a map is south. To go south using a compass for navigation, set a bearing or azimuth of 180°.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. South

   sowth, n. the direction in which the sun appears at noon to the people north of the Tropic of Cancer: any land opposite the north: the Southern States in U.S. history: the side of a church on the right hand of one facing the altar.—adj. lying towards the south.—adv. towards the south.—v.i. to veer towards the south: to cross the meridian of a place.—n. South′-east′, the direction equally distant from the south and east.—adjs. South′-east′, South′-east′erly, South′-east′ern, pertaining to, in the direction of, or coming from the south-east.—n. South′-east′er, a wind from the south-east.—advs. South′-east′ward, -ly, toward the south-east.—n. Souther (sowth′-), a wind from the south.—v.i. to veer toward the south.—adj. Southering (suth′-), turned toward the south, having a southern exposure.—n. Southerliness (suth′-), the condition of being southerly.—adjs. Southerly (suth′-), Southern (suth′-), pertaining to, situated in, or proceeding from or towards the south:—superls. Southermost (suth′-), Southernmost (suth′-), South′most, most southern, farthest towards the south.—n. Southerner (suth′-), an inhabitant of the south, esp. of the Southern States of America.—v.t. and v.i. Southernise (suth′-), to render southern in qualities or character, or to become such.—n. Southernism (suth′-), a form of expression peculiar to the south, esp. the Southern States of America.—adv. Southernly (suth′-), towards the south.—ns. Southernwood (suth′-), an aromatic plant of southern Europe, closely allied to wormwood; Southing (sowth′-), tendency or motion to the south: the time at which the moon passes the meridian; South′land, the south (also adj.).—adv. South′ly.—n. South′ness, tendency of a magnetic needle to point toward the south.—adj. Southron (suth′-), southern, esp. English.—n. a native or inhabitant of a southern country or district: an Englishman.—advs. South′ward (also suth′ard), toward the south (also n. and adj.); South′wardly (also adj.); South′wards.—n. South′-west′, the direction equally distant from the south and west—adjs. South′-west′, South′-west′erly, South′-west′ern, pertaining to, proceeding from, or lying in the direction of the south-west.—n. South′-west′er, a storm or gale from the south-west: a painted canvas hat with a broad flap behind for the neck (often Sou′west′er).—South Sea, the Pacific Ocean. [A.S. súth; Ger. süd, Ice. sudhr.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. south

   Is an intuitively known direction or compass point on a navigational system on planet earth.

   True south is the direction towards the southern end of the axis about which the earth rotates.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 9, 2017  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SOUTH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, South is ranked #3231 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The South surname appeared 11,178 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname South.
   
   88.1% or 9,853 total occurrences were White.
   6% or 674 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 290 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 209 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 97 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 55 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • United States
   • Cardinal Compass Point
   • Geographical Area
   • Location

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'south' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #577

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'south' in Written Corpus Frequency: #798

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'south' in Nouns Frequency: #233

Anagrams for south »

1. shout

2. thous

How to pronounce south?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of south in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of south in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of south in a Sentence

1. Kristi Noem:

   Would I run ? Oh, I'm not focused on that, i love South Dakota and I worked to come home to South Dakota, so I could be there and be with my people and ride horses for the rest of my life and be perfectly happy.

2. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull:

   We urge all claimants in the South China Sea to refrain from any building of islands, any militarisation of islands, any land reclamation, it is absolutely critical that we ensure that there is a lowering of tensions.

3. Kenneth Nail:

   Nikki Haley announced. Since then, at least 60 public Confederate symbols have been removed since the 2015 church shooting, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Most recently, the city of St. Louis, Mo., removed a Confedearte monument -- a 32-foot-tall granite column with a bronze sculpture -- from a park. Complicating the debate for those opposed to these moves is the involvement of hate groups like the KKK. The group is planning a rally for July 8 following a decision by the city council in Charlottesville, Va., to remove a statue of Gen. Lee Park and rename Lee Park. Meanwhile, in April, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu ordered the removal of multiple Confederate statues. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu received brutal backlash and was forced to have heavy police presence in place when the nighttime removals began. Despite threats that people would boycott New Orleans, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu did not back down. These statues are not just stone and metal, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a highly lauded speech after the last Confederate statue had been taken down. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy ; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement and the terror that it actually stood for. But to others, like Kenneth Nail Nail, it’s not about oppression. To us, it’s not a hate thing. It’s a heritage thing and what we like to do is celebrate everyone's struggles : the blacks, the whites, the north and south.

4. Jeffrey Barrett:

   The surveillance is so good in South Africa and other nearby countries that they found this( new variant), understood it was a problem and told the world very fast about it, we may be at an earlier point with this new variant so there may still be time to do something about it.

5. Angela Gittens:

   In previous years there was a marked divergence in growth between airports located in emerging markets and those in advanced economies. That is, the mature markets of North America and Europe experienced modest growth levels whereas the major emerging economies such as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) posted significant gains year after year, however, Europe and North America have rebounded in 2014, which resulted in a form of convergence in growth rates across the regions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=south
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/South
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=south
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/south
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=south
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=south
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html