Definition of South

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Definition of South

South

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.

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

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

The wind from the south.

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.

Toward the south; southward.

From the south; as, the wind blows south.

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

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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South Quotations

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
Nelson Mandela

I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go.
Michael Jackson

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.
Colin Powell

A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away.
Dennis Miller

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
Tom Peters

My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France.
Diane von Furstenberg

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.
Marcel Proust

I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.
Al Pacino

Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.
Lyndon B. Johnson

We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.
Robin Williams

South Translations

south in Afrikaans is suide, suidelik
south in Danish is syd, sydlig
south in Dutch is zuidelijk
south in French is midi, sud
south in Italian is ostro, sud
south in Latin is meridianus
south in Norwegian is syd
south in Portuguese is sul
south in Spanish is sur

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