South

proper noun

1. 1

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

   Many sincere white people in the South privately oppose segregation and discrimination, but they are apprehensive lest they be publicly condemned.

   Just when the blacks had had their hopes for equality and justice raised, after centuries of misery and despair, they awoke one morning to discover that their future was in the hands of a President born in the South.

2. 2

   Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. 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. 3

   Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. The southern states of India.

4. 4

   Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. The Global South.

5. 5

   Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Antarctica.

   Over three weeks in 2019, Kaefer spent time at three English-speaking Antarctic stations observing and gathering data from workers based on what the US station refers to as “The Ice”, or the British call the “South”.

6. 6

   A surname.

7. 7

   Variant of South CollegeinformalEllipsis of South College, Durham.

Forms

plural

Souths