Meaning

6 senses
  1. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

    (US, countable, uncountable)The Southern United States.

    Holonyms: United States, United States of America, U.S., US, USA < North America < Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe

    Meronyms: Upper South, Deep South, Old South, Southeast

    Süden, Südstaaten

  2. (countable, uncountable)Southern England.

    Holonyms: England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe

  3. (India, countable, uncountable)The southern states of India.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The Global South.

  5. (UK, countable, uncountable)Antarctica.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A surname.

Examples

706 sentences
  1. Birds fly south in the winter.

    Птахи взимку улітають на південь. — deniko

    ruПтицы летят на юг зимой. — corvard

  2. His house is on the south side of the river.

    Його будинок стоїть на південному березі річки. — brambury

    ruЕго дом стоит на южном берегу реки. — Tretiz

    deSein Haus befindet sich am Südufer des Flusses. — Tamy

  3. Where is the south terminal?

    Де знаходиться південний термінал? — deniko

    ruГде находится южный терминал? — sharptoothed

    deWo ist der Südbahnhof? — Zaghawa

  4. Tom comes from the south.

    Том із півдня. — deniko

    ruТом с юга. — Wezel

    deTom kommt aus dem Süden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Australia is smaller than South America.

    Австралія менша за Південну Америку. — deniko

    ruАвстралия меньше Южной Америки. — afyodor

    deAustralien ist kleiner als Südamerika. — MUIRIEL

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
The southern part of any region:
the southern states of the United States:

Origin

By proprialization from south.

By proprialization from south.

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Synonyms

5 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms
antonym(s) of

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • from the south
  • south america
  • fly south

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
South — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto