adj
Meaning 1
Toward the south; southward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
south
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊ̯θ/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈsawθ/
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/ˈsɐʊ̯θ/ Canada, Canadian raising
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/ˈsɜʊ̯θ/ Canada, Canadian raising
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/ˈsʌʊ̯θ/ Canada, Canadian raising
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/ˈsəʊ̯θ/ Canada, Canadian raising
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/ˈsæʊ̯θ/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
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/ˈsaːθ/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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/sɛʊ̯t̪/ Standard Irish, Dublin
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Cork: /sɐʊ̯t̪/
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Northern-Ireland: /sɐʏ̯θ/
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Northumbria: /suːθ/
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rhymes with -aʊθ
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CMU ARPABET: S AW1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
from the south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- south highway 1
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 6
Toward the south; southward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 7
Downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 8
In an adverse direction or trend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- His fortunes have been going south ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sideways
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 9
Of wind, from the south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 10
Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
The Southern United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: American South, Southland, Dixie, Dixieland
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 11
Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
Southern England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Holonyms: England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 12
Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
The southern states of India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: South India
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 13
Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
The Global South.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 14
Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
Antarctica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 15
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 16
Ellipsis of South College, Durham.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Qualifier: Durham University
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Germany is south of Denmark.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 19
In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
The negative or south pole of a magnet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 21
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 22
To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
- The moon souths at nine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 23
situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the south entrance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: north
adverb
Meaning 24
in a southern direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we moved south
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: to the south, in the south
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 25
a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: location
noun
Meaning 26
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
noun
Meaning 27
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
Narrower terms: Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL, Old South
noun
Meaning 28
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: due south, southward, S
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cardinal compass point
noun
Meaning 29
the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: direction
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh2wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh2w-én-s Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh2ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr (“southern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą (“south”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh2wl̥ (“sun”). Cognates Cognate with Scots sooth (“south”), Yola zouth (“south”), North Frisian sööd, Süđ, süüd (“south”), Saterland Frisian Sude, Suud (“south”), West Frisian súd (“south”), Dutch zuid (“south”), German Süd (“south”), Danish syd (“south”), Faroese and Icelandic suður (“south”), Norwegian Bokmål syd, sør (“south”), Norwegian Nynorsk sør (“south”), Swedish syd, söder (“south”); also with Irish súil (“eye”), Cornish howl (“sun”), Manx sooill (“eye”), Scottish Gaelic sùil (“eye”), Welsh haul (“sun”), Latin sōl (“sun”), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun; east; day”), Czech slunce (“sun”), Polish słońce (“sun”), Russian солнце (solnce, “sun”), Serbo-Croatian сунце, sunce (“sun”), Slovene sonce (“sun”), Latgalian saule (“sun”), Latvian saũle (“sun”), Lithuanian sáulė (“sun”), Albanian diell (“sun”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuar^ə, “sun”), Persian خور (xwar, “sun”), Ossetian хор (xor), хур (xur, “sun”), Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya, “sun”), Tocharian A swāñce (“beam, ray”), Tocharian B swāñco (“beam, ray”).
By proprialization from south.
Across languages
Translations
377 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հարավային (haravayin) — of or pertaining to the south
- Azerbaijani: cənubi — of or pertaining to the south
- Azerbaijani: güney — of or pertaining to the south
- Belarusian: паўднёвы (pawdnjóvy) — of or pertaining to the south
- Breton: su — of or pertaining to the south
- Breton: kreisteiz — of or pertaining to the south
- Bulgarian: ю́жен (júžen) — of or pertaining to the south
- Chinese Cantonese: 南 (naam4) — of or pertaining to the south
- Chinese: 南 (zh-min-nan) — of or pertaining to the south
- Chinese Mandarin: 南 (nán) — of or pertaining to the south
- Czech: jižní — of or pertaining to the south
- Danish: syd — of or pertaining to the south
- Danish: sydlig — of or pertaining to the south
- Dutch: zuid — of or pertaining to the south
- Dutch: zuidelijk — of or pertaining to the south
- Esperanto: suda — of or pertaining to the south
- Finnish: eteläinen — of or pertaining to the south
- French: sud — of or pertaining to the south
- French: méridional — of or pertaining to the south
- French: austral — of or pertaining to the south
- West-Frisian: súd — of or pertaining to the south
- West-Frisian: súdlik — of or pertaining to the south
- Galician: austral — of or pertaining to the south
- Galician: austrino — of or pertaining to the south
- German: südlich — of or pertaining to the south
- German: süd- — of or pertaining to the south
- Greek: νότιος (nótios) — of or pertaining to the south
- Hebrew: דרומי (drómi) — of or pertaining to the south
- Interlingua: del sud — of or pertaining to the south
- Interlingua: meridional — of or pertaining to the south
- Interlingua: austral — of or pertaining to the south
- Italian: meridionale — of or pertaining to the south
- Kazakh: солтүстік (soltüstık) — of or pertaining to the south
- Khmer: ខាងត្បូង (khaang tboong) — of or pertaining to the south
- Latin: australis — of or pertaining to the south
- Macedonian: ју́жен (júžen) — of or pertaining to the south
- Malay: selatan — of or pertaining to the south
- Malay: janubi — of or pertaining to the south
- Middle English: south — of or pertaining to the south
- Polish: południowy — of or pertaining to the south
- Portuguese: sulista — of or pertaining to the south
- Portuguese: do sul — of or pertaining to the south
- Portuguese: meridional — of or pertaining to the south
- Portuguese: austral — of or pertaining to the south
- Romanian: sudic — of or pertaining to the south
- Russian: ю́жный (júžnyj) — of or pertaining to the south
- Kildin-Sami: соа̄ййв (sååjjv) — of or pertaining to the south
- Kildin-Sami: соа̄ввьй (sååvv’j) — of or pertaining to the south
- Scottish Gaelic: deas — of or pertaining to the south
- Scottish Gaelic: a deas — of or pertaining to the south
- Slovak: južný — of or pertaining to the south
- Spanish: del sur — of or pertaining to the south
- Spanish: sureño — of or pertaining to the south
- Spanish: meridional — of or pertaining to the south
- Spanish: austral — of or pertaining to the south
- Spanish: austro- — of or pertaining to the south
- Spanish: sur- — of or pertaining to the south
- Spanish: sud- — of or pertaining to the south
- Swedish: syd — of or pertaining to the south
- Volapük: sulüdik — of or pertaining to the south
- Yiddish: דרומדיק (doremdik) — of or pertaining to the south
- Yonaguni: ハイ (hayi) — of or pertaining to the south
- Bulgarian: южен (južen) — meteorology, of wind: from the south
- Bulgarian: на юг (na jug) — towards the south
- Danish: sydover — towards the south
- Estonian: lõunas — towards the south
- Finnish: etelään — towards the south
- Galician: ao sur — towards the south
- Galician: ó sul — towards the south
- Greek: νότια (nótia) — towards the south
- Irish: deas — towards the south
- Irish: ó dheas — towards the south
- Khmer: ទៅខាងត្បូង (tɨv khaang tboong) — towards the south
- Linngithigh: ibhadh — towards the south
- Middle English: south — towards the south
- Navajo: shádiʼááhjígo — towards the south
- Navajo: shádiʼáahjigo — towards the south
- Polish: na południe — towards the south
- Portuguese: ao sul — towards the south
- Scottish Gaelic: a deas — towards the south
- Spanish: al sur — towards the south
- Bulgarian: от юг (ot jug) — of wind: from the south
- Danish: syd — of wind: from the south
- Finnish: eteläinen — of wind: from the south
- Finnish: etelä- — of wind: from the south
- Galician: souria — of wind: from the south
- Galician: bercía — of wind: from the south
- Galician: maraxe — of wind: from the south
- Galician: suan — of wind: from the south
- German: süd- — of wind: from the south
- Irish: aneas — of wind: from the south
- Khmer: ទៅខាងត្បូង (tɨv khaang tboong) — of wind: from the south
- Middle English: south — of wind: from the south
- Polish: z południa — of wind: from the south
- Bulgarian: but see отивам на кино (otivam na kino) — in an adverse direction or trend
- Bulgarian: отида на кино (otida na kino) — in an adverse direction or trend
- Estonian: metsa — in an adverse direction or trend
- Finnish: pieleen — in an adverse direction or trend
- Finnish: mönkään — in an adverse direction or trend
- German: den Bach runter — in an adverse direction or trend
- German: auf dem absteigen Ast — in an adverse direction or trend
- Spanish: hacer aguas — in an adverse direction or trend
- Chinese Mandarin: 全球南方 (quánqiúnánfāng) — The Global South
- Dutch: Zuiden — The Global South
- Polish: Południe — The Global South
- Serbo-Croatian: Jug — The Global South
- Tamil: உலகளாவிய தெற்கு (ulakaḷāviya teṟku) — The Global South
- Tamil: உலகளாவிய தெற்கு நாடுகள் (ulakaḷāviya teṟku nāṭukaḷ) — The Global South
- Afrikaans: suide — The southern part of any region
- Chinese Mandarin: 南 (nán) — The southern part of any region
- Dutch: zuiden — The southern part of any region
- German: Süden — The southern part of any region
- Irish: theas — The southern part of any region
- Polish: Południe — The southern part of any region
- Serbo-Croatian: jug — The southern part of any region
- Tamil: தென் (teṉ) — The southern part of any region
- Tamil: தெற்கு (teṟku) — The southern part of any region
- German: Südstaaten — the southern states of the United States
- Polish: Południe — the southern states of the United States
- Afrikaans: suid — compass point
- Ainu: ヘパシ — compass point
- Akkadian: šūtum — compass point
- Albanian: jug — compass point
- Southern Altai: тӱштӱк (tüštük) — compass point
- Amharic: ደቡብ (däbub) — compass point
- Arabic: جَنُوب (janūb) — compass point
- Arabic: جنوب (gunūb) — compass point
- Arabic: جَنوب (janūb) — compass point
- Juba Arabic: januub — compass point
- Aragonese: sur — compass point
- Aramaic: תימנא (taymnā, taymno) — compass point
- Aramaic: ܬܝܡܢܐ (taymnā, taymno) — compass point
- Armenian: հարավ (harav) — compass point
- Aromanian: sud — compass point
- Aromanian: Sud — compass point
- Assamese: দক্ষিণ (dokhin) — compass point
- Asturian: sur — compass point
- Azerbaijani: cənub — compass point
- West Coast Bajau: selatan — compass point
- Bashkir: көньяҡ (könʹyaq) — compass point
- Basque: hego — compass point
- Basque: hegoalde — compass point
- Karo Batak: daksina — compass point
- Toba Batak: dangsina — compass point
- Belarusian: по́ўдзень (pówdzjenʹ) — compass point
- Bengali: দক্ষিণ (dokkhin) — compass point
- Central Bikol: habagat — compass point
- Brahui: soelí — compass point
- Breton: su — compass point
- Breton: kreisteiz — compass point
- Bulgarian: юг (jug) — compass point
- Burmese: တောင် (taung) — compass point
- Burmese: ဒက္ခိဏ (dakhki.na.) — compass point
- Carpathian Rusyn: юг (juh) — compass point
- Catalan: sud — compass point
- Catalan: migdia — compass point
- Catalan: migjorn — compass point
- Cebuano: habagatan — compass point
- Chechen: къилбе (qʼilbe) — compass point
- Cherokee: ᏧᎦᏃᏮᎢ (tsuganowvi) — compass point
- Chinese Cantonese: 南 (naam4) — compass point
- Chinese Cantonese: 南方 (naam4 fong1) — compass point
- Chinese: нан — compass point
- Chinese: нанфон (nanfon) — compass point
- Eastern Min Chinese: 南 (nàng) — compass point
- Gan Chinese: 南 (lan4) — compass point
- Hakka Chinese: 南 (nàm) — compass point
- Chinese: 南 (lâm) — compass point
- Jin Chinese: 南 (nan1) — compass point
- Chinese Mandarin: 南 (nán) — compass point
- Chinese Mandarin: 南方 (nánfāng) — compass point
- Northern Min Chinese: 南 (nâng) — compass point
- Wu Chinese: 南 — compass point
- Xiang Chinese: 南 (lan2) — compass point
- Chukchi: айвалыӈӄал (ajvalyṇqal) — compass point
- Chuvash: кӑнтӑр (kănt̬ăr) — compass point
- Coptic: ⲣⲏⲥ (rēs) — compass point
- Cornish: soth — compass point
- Cornish: dyghowbarth — compass point
- Corsican: meziornu — compass point
- Crimean Tatar: cenüp — compass point
- Crimean Tatar: qıbla — compass point
- Czech: jih — compass point
- Czech: poledne — compass point
- Danish: syd — compass point
- Dhivehi: ދެކުނު — compass point
- Dhuwal: dhalathaŋ — compass point
- Dutch: zuiden — compass point
- Egyptian: rsw — compass point
- Esperanto: sudo — compass point
- Estonian: lõuna — compass point
- Farefare: gɔbga bɔba — compass point
- Faroese: suður — compass point
- Finnish: etelä — compass point
- French: sud — compass point
- French: midi — compass point
- West-Frisian: suden — compass point
- West-Frisian: súd — compass point
- Friulian: sud — compass point
- Gagauz: üülen — compass point
- Galician: sur — compass point
- Galician: sul — compass point
- Georgian: სამხრეთი (samxreti) — compass point
- German: Süden — compass point
- German: Sied — compass point
- Greek: νότος (nótos) — compass point
- Ancient Greek: νότος (nótos) — compass point
- Greenlandic: kujalleq — compass point
- Paraguayan Guarani: ñemby — compass point
- Gujarati: દક્ષિણ (dakṣiṇ) — compass point
- Haitian Creole: sid — compass point
- Hawaiian: hema — compass point
- Hebrew: דָּרוֹם (darόm) — compass point
- Hebrew: נֶגֶב (négev) — compass point
- Hindi: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ) — compass point
- Hindi: दक्खिन (dakkhin) — compass point
- Hindi: जनूब (janūb) — compass point
- Hindi: दक्खण (dakkhaṇ) — compass point
- Hindi: दखन (dakhan) — compass point
- Hindi: क़िबला (qiblā) — compass point
- Hindi: जुनूब (junūb) — compass point
- Hungarian: dél — compass point
- Icelandic: suður — compass point
- Ido: sudo — compass point
- Indonesian: selatan — compass point
- Ingrian: lounat — compass point
- Interlingua: sud — compass point
- Irish: deisceart — compass point
- Italian: sud — compass point
- Italian: mezzogiorno — compass point
- Italian: meridione — compass point
- Japanese: 南 (minami) — compass point
- Japanese: 南方 (nanpō) — compass point
- Javanese: kidul — compass point
- Javanese: duksina — compass point
- Old Javanese: kidul — compass point
- Kannada: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ (dakṣiṇa) — compass point
- Karachay-Balkar: къыбыла (qıbıla) — compass point
- Kazakh: оңтүстік (oñtüstık) — compass point
- Ket: утль — compass point
- Ket: утаба'ӈ — compass point
- Khakas: ӱстінзарых (üstìnzarıx) — compass point
- Khmer: ខាងត្បូង (khaang tboung) — compass point
- Khmer: ទក្សិណ (tĕəksən) — compass point
- Korean: 남 (nam) — compass point
- Korean: 남쪽 (namjjok) — compass point
- Korean: 앞 (ap) — compass point
- Koryak: эвʼтылаӈӄал (ewtəlañqal) — compass point
- Kumyk: къыбла (qıbla) — compass point
- Central Kurdish: باشوور (başûr) — compass point
- Northern Kurdish: başûr — compass point
- Kyrgyz: түштүк (tüştük) — compass point
- Lao: ທິດໃຕ້ (thit tai) — compass point
- Lao: ໃຕ້ (tai) — compass point
- Latgalian: dīnavydi — compass point
- Latin: auster — compass point
- Latin: merīdiēs — compass point
- Latin: regio australis — compass point
- Latvian: dienvidi — compass point
- Lithuanian: pietūs — compass point
- Livonian: jedāl — compass point
- Livonian: lȭinag — compass point
- Macedonian: југ (jug) — compass point
- Madurese: lao' — compass point
- Malagasy: ampimbana — compass point
- Malagasy: atsimo — compass point
- Malay: selatan — compass point
- Malay: daksina — compass point
- Malayalam: തെക്ക് (tekkŭ) — compass point
- Maltese: nofsinhar — compass point
- Maltese: qibla — compass point
- Manx: jiass — compass point
- Māori: tonga — compass point
- Marathi: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ) — compass point
- Mauritian Creole: lesid — compass point
- Central Melanau: selaten — compass point
- Middle English: south — compass point
- Mi'kmaq: gp'te'sn — compass point
- Mi'kmaq: tp'te'sn — compass point
- Minangkabau: salatan — compass point
- Mongolian: өмнө (ömnö) — compass point
- Mongolian: өмнө зүг (ömnö züg) — compass point
- Mongolian: ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡ (emün-e) — compass point
- Nahuatl: ytzicotla — compass point
- Nahuatl: huitztlampa — compass point
- Navajo: shádiʼááh — compass point
- Nepali: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ) — compass point
- Norwegian Bokmål: sør — compass point
- Norwegian Bokmål: syd — compass point
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sør — compass point
- Nubi: janub — compass point
- Occitan: sud — compass point
- Odia: ଦକ୍ଷିଣ (dakṣiṇa) — compass point
- Northern Ohlone: ká̄kun — compass point
- Church Slavic: югъ (jugŭ) — compass point
- Church Slavic: ⱓⰳⱏ (jugŭ) — compass point
- Old East Slavic: угъ (ugŭ) — compass point
- Old Norse: syðri — compass point
- Oromo: kibba — compass point
- Pannonian Rusyn: юг (juh) — compass point
- Papiamentu: sùit — compass point
- Pashto: سوېل (swel) — compass point
- Pashto: جنوب (janúb) — compass point
- Pashto: پښوخوا (px̌óxbā) — compass point
- Dari: جَنُوب (janūb) — compass point
- Dari: نِیمْروز (nīmrōz) — compass point
- Iranian Persian: جُنوب (jonub) — compass point
- Iranian Persian: نیمْروز (nimruz) — compass point
- Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭩𐭬𐭫𐭥𐭰 — compass point
- Plautdietsch: Siede (nds) — compass point
- Polish: południe — compass point
- Portuguese: sul — compass point
- Punjabi: ਦੱਖਣ (dakkhaṇ) — compass point
- Rohingya: doóin — compass point
- Romanian: sud — compass point
- Romanian: miazăzi — compass point
- Romansh: sid — compass point
- Romansh: süd — compass point
- Russian: юг (jug) — compass point
- Russian: зюйд (zjujd) — compass point
- Inari-Sami: mäddi — compass point
- Kildin-Sami: соа̄ввьй (sååvv’j) — compass point
- Kildin-Sami: соа̄ййв (sååjjv) — compass point
- Sanskrit: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa) — compass point
- Santali: ᱠᱚᱧᱮ (kôñe) — compass point
- Santali: ᱫᱟᱹᱠᱷᱤᱱ (dăkhin) — compass point
- Scots: sooth — compass point
- Scottish Gaelic: deas — compass point
- Serbo-Croatian: ју̏г — compass point
- Serbo-Croatian: jȕg — compass point
- Shor: кӱнегей (künegey) — compass point
- Sinhalese: දකණ (dakaṇa) — compass point
- Slovak: juh — compass point
- Slovene: jug — compass point
- Spanish: sur — compass point
- Spanish: sud — compass point
- Spanish: meridión — compass point
- Spanish: austro — compass point
- Spanish: ostro — compass point
- Swahili: kusini — compass point
- Swedish: söder — compass point
- Swedish: syd — compass point
- Tagalog: timog — compass point
- Tajik: ҷануб (janub) — compass point
- Tamil: தெற்கு (teṟku) — compass point
- Tatar: көньяк (kön-yaq) — compass point
- Telugu: దక్షిణం (dakṣiṇaṁ) — compass point
- Thai: ทิศใต้ (tít dtâi) — compass point
- Thai: ใต้ (dtâai) — compass point
- Thai: ทักษิณ (ták-sǐn) — compass point
- Tibetan: ལྷོ (lho) — compass point
- Tigrinya: ደቡብ (däbub) — compass point
- Turkish: güney — compass point
- Turkish: cenup — compass point
- Turkmen: günorta — compass point
- Tuvan: мурнуу чүк (murnuu çük) — compass point
- Ukrainian: пі́вдень (pívdenʹ) — compass point
- Urdu: جُنُوب (junūb) — compass point
- Urdu: جَنُوب (janūb) — compass point
- Urdu: دَکْشِن (dakśin) — compass point
- Urdu: دَکّھِن (dakkhin) — compass point
- Uyghur: جەنۇب (jenub) — compass point
- Uyghur: җәнуб (jenub) — compass point
- Uzbek: janub — compass point
- Veps: suvi — compass point
- Vietnamese: phía nam — compass point
- Vietnamese: hướng nam — compass point
- Vietnamese: nam — compass point
- Volapük: sulüd — compass point
- Welsh: de — compass point
- Yaghnobi: ҷануб (janub) — compass point
- Yakut: соҕуруу (soğuruu) — compass point
- Yámana: itax — compass point
- Yiddish: דרום (dorem) — compass point
- Yonaguni: ハイ (hayi) — compass point
- Zazaki: veroc (diq) — compass point
- Zhuang: namz — compass point
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