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south

[n., adj., adv. south; v. south, south]

–noun

1.	a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S

2.	the direction in which this point lies.

3.	(usually initial capital letter) a region or territory situated in this direction.

4.	the South, the general area south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi, consisting mainly of those states that formed the Confederacy.

–adjective

5.	lying toward or situated in the south; directed or proceeding toward the south.

6.	coming from the south, as a wind.

–adverb

7.	to, toward, or in the south.

8.	Informal. into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like: Sales went south during the recession.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to turn or move in a southerly direction.

10.	Astronomy. to cross the meridian.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME suth(e), south(e) (adv., adj., and n.), OE sūth (adv. and adj.); c. OHG sund-

South River

–noun

a borough in central New Jersey. 14,361.

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south (south)

Abbr. S
1. The direction along a meridian 90° clockwise from east; the direction to the right of sunrise.
2. The cardinal point on the mariner's compass 180° clockwise from due north and directly opposite north.
3. The southern part of the earth.
4. The southern part of a region or country.
An area or region lying in the south.
often South
1. The southern part of the earth.
2. The southern part of a region or country.
South The southern part of the United States, especially the states that fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War.

adj.

To, toward, of, facing, or in the south.
Originating in or coming from the south: a hot south wind.

adv.

In, from, or toward the south.
Slang Into a worse or inferior position, as of decreased value: a stock that went south shortly after he bought it.

[Middle English, from Old English sūth; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: Though a south-facing house on the north side of a street sometimes gets more sun, etymologically speaking, the sunny side of the street is the south side. "South" in Old English was sūth. This came from an earlier *sunth, from a still earlier *sunthaz, "sunny," whose first element, *sun-, means "sun." As the first word in compounds, Old English sūth was subject to shortening, showing up in Modern English pronounced (sŭ). This is seen in place names like Suffolk (where the "south folk" were; compare Norfolk), Sutton, "south town," and Sussex, the location of the "South Saxons" (whose eastern and western cousins were located in Essex and Wessex, respectively).

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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.

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.

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

4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] --Shak.

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.

South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.

South

South\, adv. 1. Toward the south; southward.

2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. --Bacon.

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.

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.

Language Translation for : south

Spanish: sur,

German: der Süden,

Japanese: 南

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south

O.E. suð "southward, in the south," from P.Gmc. *sunthaz (cf. O.S., O.Fris. suth "southward, in the south," M.Du. suut), perhaps related to base of *sunnon "sun," with sense of "the region of the sun." Ger. Süd, Süden are from a Du. pronunciation. O.Fr. sur, sud (Fr. sud), Sp. sur, sud are loan-words from Gmc., perhaps from O.N. suðr. The Southern states of the U.S. have been collectively called The South since 1779. South country in Britain means the part below the Tweed, in England the part below the Wash, and in Scotland the part below the Forth. The nautical coat called a sou'wester (1836) protects the wearer against severe weather, such as a gale out of the southwest. South Sea meant "the Mediterranean" (1398) and "the English Channel" (1432) before it came to mean (in pl.) "the South Pacific Ocean" (c.1528).

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."

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