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English

Proper noun

the South

The Confederacy during the American Civil War.
The southern states of the United States.
The southern part of any region.

Category:United States of America

et:South zh:South

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English South \South\ (?; by sailors sou), n. [OE. south, su[thorn], AS.
s[=u][eth] for sun[eth]; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G.
s["u]d, s["u]den, Icel. su[eth]r, sunnr, Dan. syd, s["o]nden,
Sw. syd, s["o]der, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun,
meaning, the side towards the sun. [root]297. See Sun.]
1. 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.
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2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south
than another; the southern section of a country. "The
queen of the south." --Matt. xii. 42.
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3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is
south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
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4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English South \South\, a.
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.
"At the south entry." --Shak.
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South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English South \South\, adv.
1. Toward the south; southward.
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2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. --Bacon.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English South \South\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Southing.]
1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the
south.
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2. (Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and
south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon
souths at nine.
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WordNet South
adj : situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the
south; "the south entrance" [ant: north]
n 1: the region of the United States lying south of the
Mason-Dixon Line
2: the southern states that seceded from the United States in
1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States, {Confederate
States of America}, Dixie, Dixieland]
3: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: {due
south}, S]
4: any region lying in or toward the south [syn: southland]
adv : in a southern direction; "we moved south" [syn: {to the
south}, in the south]

Moby Dictionary
Dixie , Dixieland , Down East , East , East Coast , Middle Atlantic ,
Middle West , New England , North , North Central region , Northeast ,
Northwest , Pacific Northwest , S , South , Southeast , Southwest ,
Sunbelt , West , West Coast , Yankeeland , antarctic , arctic , austral ,
boreal , cardinal points , compass card , compass rose , degrees , east ,
eastbound , easterly , eastermost , eastern , easternmost , eastland ,
eastward , half points , hyperborean , lubber line , meridional , north ,
northbound , northeast , northeasterly , northeastern , northerly ,
northern , northernmost , northland , northward , northwest ,
northwesterly , northwestern , occident , occidental , orient ,
oriental , quarter points , rhumb , south about , southbound ,
southeast , southeasterly , southeastern , southerly , southern ,
southernmost , southward , southwardly , southwards , southwest ,
southwesterly , southwestern , sunrise , sunset , the Coast , west ,
westbound , westerly , western , westernmost , westland , westward ,
wild West

South Heb. Negeb, that arid district to the south of Palestine through which lay the caravan route from Central Palestine to Egypt (Gen. 12:9; 13:1, 3; 46:1-6). "The Negeb comprised a considerable but irregularly-shaped tract of country, its main portion stretching from the mountains and lowlands of Judah in the north to the mountains of Azazemeh in the south, and from the Dead Sea and southern Ghoron the east to the Mediterranean on the west." In Ezek. 20:46 (21:1 in Heb.) three different Hebrew words are all rendered "south." (1) "Set thy face toward the south" (Teman, the region on the right, 1 Sam. 33:24); (2) "Drop thy word toward the south" (Negeb, the region of dryness, Josh. 15:4); (3) "Prophesy against the forest of the south field" (Darom, the region of brightness, Deut. 33:23). In Job 37:9 the word "south" is literally "chamber," used here in the sense of treasury (comp. 38:22; Ps. 135:7). This verse is rendered in the Revised Version "out of the chamber of the south."