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South

noun

The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line.

The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. Synonyms: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland.

The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. Synonyms: due south, S, southward.

A location in the southern part of a country, region, or city.

The direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point.

adjective

Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south.

adverb

In a southern direction. Synonyms: in the south, to the south.

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"South" Quotes from Famous Books

... wide, is entirely covered by a system of domical surfaces. Above the conchs of the small apses rise the two great semi-domes which cover the hemicycles, and between these bursts out the vast dome over the central square. On the two sides, to the north and south of the dome, it is supported by vaulted aisles in two storeys which bring the exterior form to a general square. At the Holy Apostles (6th century) five domes were applied to a cruciform plan, that in the midst being the highest. After the 6th century there were no churches built which in any way ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various

... age, And darling of thy mother Imogen, Take thou the South for thy dominion. From thee there shall proceed a royal race, That shall maintain the honor of this land, And sway the regal scepter with ...

— 2. Mucedorus • William Shakespeare [Apocrypha]

... in the South. Her father was a Planter. Their house was but a short distance from the river. Eva and her pet dog Growler used to romp up and down on the sandy shore of the river. One day Eva and Growler went to the water ...

— The Girl's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories • Uncle Philip

... my boy," he answered, "sailors are generally superstitious, and they always think that killing a shark brings good luck of some sort. Now, the best sort of luck we can have would be a good stiff south-wester, or something of that sort, to drive us on our way across the Atlantic, as we have experienced nothing but light breezes since we left the islands, barely making five hundred miles' distance from Sombrero. We'll never get to England ...

— The White Squall - A Story of the Sargasso Sea • John Conroy Hutcheson

... est.) commodities: shrimp 40%, cashews, cotton, sugar, copra, citrus partners: Spain, South Africa, ...

— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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