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SouthAdjective1. Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance". Adverb1. In a southern direction; "we moved south". Noun1. The region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line. 2. The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. 3. The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. 4. Any region lying in or toward the south. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "south" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | 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." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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The American South or South is an informal term for the Southeastern portion of the United States of America. More of a cultural than a precise geographical term, it usually refers to the states which formed the Confederate States of America, whose attempt to secede led to the American Civil War. Sometimes border states such as Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Oklahoma are also included.See also: U.S. Southern States
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The Confederate States of America (CSA) was the government formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War. The CSA was formed on February 8, 1861 and Jefferson Davis was selected as its first president the next day.
Its constitution was very similar to that of the United States (or the "Union"), although it reflected a stronger philosophy of states' rights, and it also contained an explicit protection of the institution of slavery.
Unlike the U.S. president, the president of the Confederacy was to be elected to a six-year term and could not be reelected. The only president was Jefferson Davis; the Confederacy was defeated by Union forces before he could finish out his term. Although the preamble refers to "each State acting in its sovereign and independent character", it also refers to the formation of a "permanent federal government," thus seeming to deny to the Southern states the very right to secession that they claimed for themselves when they left the United States. Also, although slavery was enshrined in the constitution, it also prohibited the importation of new slaves from outside the Confederacy.
Although negotiations took place between the Confederacy and several European powers (including France and England), it was never granted formal recognition by any foreign state.
The capital of the Confederacy was Montgomery, Alabama, from February 4 1861 until May 29 1861, when it was moved to Richmond, Virginia (Richmond was named the new capital on May 6). Shortly before the end of the war the Confederate government evacuated Richmond with plans to relocate further south, but little came of this before Lee's surrender.
The official flag of the Confederacy, and the one actually called the "Stars and Bars," was sometimes hard to distinguish from the Union flag under battle conditions, so the Confederate battle flag, the "Southern Cross," became the one more commonly used and, therefore, the one most people associate with the Confederacy today. (It is often called the "Stars and Bars," too, but should not be.) The Stars and Bars had seven stars, for the seven states that had seceded from the Union by the time it was adopted; the Southern Cross had thirteen stars, for the eleven states that did secede and for the two that were admitted to the Confederacy but that had either declared neutrality or been prevented from seceding by Union occupation, so they had representatives in both governments: Kentucky and Missouri.
Stars and Bars Southern Cross See also: Flags of the Confederate States of America
Timeline
- December 20, 1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union.
- February, 1861 - A constitutional convention prepares a provisional constitution and chooses members of a provisional government.
- March 11, 1861 - A permanent constitution is ratified.
- February 18, 1862 - A permanent legislature is established.
- January 5, 1863 - Jefferson Davis reacts to Emancipation Proclamation with speech calling for free blacks to be reenslaved
- March 13, 1865 - Faced with severe manpower shortages the CSA reluctantly agreed to use African American troops.
- March 18, 1865 - The Congress of the CSA adjourned for the last time.
- April 2, 1865 - Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
- April 3, 1865 - Union forces capture the capital Richmond, Virginia.
- April 9, 1865 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, thereby effectively putting an end to the Confederacy.
States that seceded
- South Carolina (December 20, 1860)
- Mississippi (January 9, 1861)
- Florida (January 10,1861)
- Alabama (January 11, 1861)
- Georgia (January 19, 1861)
- Louisiana (January 26, 1861)
- Texas (February 1, 1861)
- Virginia (April 17, 1861)
- Arkansas (May 6, 1861)
- Tennessee (May 7, 1861)
- North Carolina (May 21, 1861)
Important persons
- Jefferson Davis (Mississippi) - President
- Robert E. Lee (Virginia) - General
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Georgia) - Vice-President
- Robert Toombs (Georgia) - (1st) Secretary of State
- Leroy Pope Walker - (1st) Secretary of War
- John C. Breckinridge - (2nd) Secretary of War and former V.P. of the U.S. under James Buchanan
- Judah P. Benjamin - Attorney General & (later) Secretary of War & (later) Secretary of State)
- Stephen R. Mallory - Secretary of the Navy
- Christopher G. Memminger - Secretary of the Treasury
- John H. Reagen (of Texas) - Postmaster General
- Howell Cobb - President of Congress
- William L. Yancey - Senator & Commissioner
- Albert Sidney Johnston (Mississippi) - General
- Joseph E. Johnston (Virginia) - General
- Braxton Bragg (North Carolina) - General
- P.G.T. Beauregard (Louisiana) - General
- James Longstreet - Lieut. General
- Nathan Bedford Forrest (Mississippi) - Lieut. General
- Jeb Stuart (Virginia) - Maj. General
- Edward Porter Alexander (Georgia) - Brig. General
External links
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South is one of the four cardinal or compass directions. It is the opposite of north and at right angles to east and west.
True south is the direction towards the southern end of the axis about which the earth rotates, called the South Pole. The South Pole is located in Antarctica. Magnetic south is the direction towards the south magnetic pole, some distance away from the south geographic pole.
It is the direction to the right of an observer facing east.
The term The South is often used to refer to the less culturally and technologically advanced nations of the world (or, more generally, to regions within particular nations).
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South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama. The Andes, likewise a comparatively young and seismically restless mountain range, run down the western edge of the continent; the land to the east of the Andes is largly tropical rain forest, the vast Amazon River basin.
It is thought to have been first inhabited by humans crossing the Bering Land Bridge, now the Bering strait, though there are also suggestions of migration from the southern Pacific Ocean.
From the 1530s, the indigenous inhabitants of South America were subjugated by European invadors, first from Spain, later from Portugal, who divided it into colonies. In the course of the 19th century, these colonies won their independence. Nowadays, South America consists of the following twelve countries
and the following three non-independent territories:
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
The region of South America also includes various islands, most of which belong to countries on the continent. The Caribbean territories are grouped with North America. The largest country, both in area and in population, is by far Brazil.
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- French Guiana (France)
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)
country pop. dens. area population (/km²) (km²) (2002-07-01 est.) Ecuador 47 283,560 13,447,494 Colombia 36 1,138,910 41,008,227 Venezuela 27 912,050 24,287,670 Peru 22 1,285,220 27,949,639 Brazil 21 8,511,965 176,029,560 Chile 20 756,950 15,498,930 Uruguay 19 176,220 3,386,575 Paraguay 14 406,750 5,884,491 Argentina 14 2,766,890 37,812,817 Bolivia 7.7 1,098,580 8,445,134 Guyana 3.2 214,970 698,209 Suriname 2.7 163,270 436,494 French Guiana (Fr.) 2.0 91,000 182,333 Falkland Islands (UK) 0.24 12,173 2,967
(Not included in the table are South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands which have no permanent inhabitants, only temporary researchers.)
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South Asia is a geo-cultural region comprising the modern states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Often Afghanistan is also included, sometimes with the northern part of Afghanistan placed in Central Asia.It includes the region sometimes called the Indian subcontinent. It contains well over a fifth of the world's population and, after Sub-Saharan Africa, is also one of the world's poorest regions.
See also: History of South Asia
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The South Caucasian languages or Kartvelian languages are a family of languages, spoken mainly in GeorgiaSouth Caucasian languages include:
There is some ongoing work on the possible genetic relationship between speakers of South Caucasian languages and the Basque language, and some recent theories propose a phyletic link between Proto-South Caucasian and Proto-Indo-European. The Proto-Indo-European connection is quite promising, but most evidence for uniting the South Caucasian languages with Basque is based on surface morphology. While the South Caucasian languages share SOV word order with Basque, as well as an ergative case, the application of the ergative is somewhat different between the two families.
- Georgian (Kartuli ena) - official language of Georgia, more than 4 million native speakers
- Mingrelian - appr. 300,000 native speakers
- Laz - estimates vary from 50,000-250,000 speakers. Mainly spoken in the Black Sea littoral area of Northeast Turkey.
- Svan - appr. 35,000 native speakers in the northern mountainous region of Georgia
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The Republic of Korea (ROK for short; Daehan Min-guk (대한 민국 大韓民國) in Korean) is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the peninsula of Korea.
To the north it borders North Korea with which it formed a single nation until 1948, while Japan lies across the East Sea (Sea of Japan; see Notice on Talk page) and Korea Strait to the southeast. The Korean name of the country means "Great Han Republic," and comes from Daehan Jeguk (대한 제국; 大韓帝國; "Great Han Empire"), the official name of Korea from the 1890s until the Japanese occupation of Korea. The country is commonly called Namhan (남한; 南韓; "South Han") in South Korea and Namchosŏn (남조선; 南朝鮮; "South Chosŏn" (McCune-Reischauer (MR))/"South Joseon" (Revised Romanization (RR))) in North Korea.
대한민국 / 大韓民國
Daehan Min-guk
(In Detail) National motto: None Official language Korean Capital Seoul President Roh Moo-hyun Prime minister Goh Kun Area
- Total
- % waterRanked 107th
99,274 km²
0.3%Population
- Total (2002)
- DensityRanked 25th
48,324,000
491/km²Independence
- DateJapan is defeated in World War II - Korea regains autonomy
August 13, 1948Currency Won Time zone UTC +9 National anthem Aegukga Internet TLD .KR Calling Code 82
History
Main articles: History of Korea, History of South Korea, Rulers of KoreaAfter the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was involuntarily divided-up into two zones of influence by the world's super powers, followed in 1948 by two matching governments: a communist North and a United States-influenced South. In June 1950, the North invaded the South igniting the Korean War. The United Nations-backed South and the Chinese-backed North eventually reached a stalemate and an armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along a demilitarised zone at about the 38th parallel, which had been the original demarcation line.
Thereafter, the southern Republic of Korea achieved rapid economic growth, while autocratic governments and civil unrest dominated politics until protests succeeded in starting democratic reforms. A potential Korean reunification has remained a prominent topic; no peace treaty has yet been signed with the North. In June 2000, a historic first North-South summit took place, part of the South's continuing "Sunshine Policy" of engagement, despite recent concerns over the North's nuclear weapons programme.
Politics
Main article: Politics of South KoreaHead of state of the republic of Korea is the president, who is elected by direct popular vote for a single five-year term. In addition to being the highest representative of the republic and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the president also has considerable executive powers and appoints the prime minister with approval of parliament, as well as appointing and presiding over the State Council or cabinet.
The unicameral Korean parliament is the National Assembly or Kukhoe, whose members serve a four-year term of office. The legislature currently has 273 seats, of which 227 are elected by popular vote and the remainder are distributed proportionately among parties winning five seats or more. This system, possibly along with the number of seats, will be revised starting in 2004. The highest judiciary body is the Supreme Court, whose justices are appointed by the president with the consent of parliament.
Provinces and Cities
Main article: Administrative divisions of Korea. For historical information, see Provinces of Korea and Special cities of Korea.
South Korea consists of 9 Provinces (do, singular and plural; 도 道), 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi; 특별시; 特別市), and 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi, singular and plural; 광역시; 廣域市):
- Busan Gwangyeoksi (부산 광역시; 釜山廣域市)
- North Chungcheong (Chungcheongbuk-do; 충청 북도; 忠清北道)
- South Chungcheong (Chungcheongnam-do; 충청 남도; 忠清南道)
- Daegu Gwangyeoksi (대구 광역시; 大邱廣域市)
- Daejeon Gwangyeoksi (대전 광역시; 大田廣域市)
- Gangwon-do (강원도; 江原道)
- Gwangju Gwangyeoksi (광주 광역시; 光州廣域市)
- Gyeonggi-do (경기도; 京畿道)
- North Gyeongsang (Gyeongsangbuk-do; 경상 북도; 慶尚北道)
- South Gyeongsang (Gyeongsangnam-do; 경상 남도; 慶尚南道)
- Incheon Gwangyeoksi (인천 광역시; 仁川廣域市)
- Jeju-do (제주도; 濟州道)
- North Jeolla (Jeollabuk-do; 전라 북도; 全羅北道)
- South Jeolla (Jeollanam-do; 전라 남도; 全羅南道)
- Seoul Teukbyeolsi (서울 특별시; 漢城特別市)
- Ulsan Gwangyeoksi (울산 광역시; 蔚山廣域市)
Geography
Main article: Geography of South Korea; Regions of KoreaKorea forms a peninsula that extends some 1,100 km from the Asian mainland, flanked by the Yellow Sea to the west and the East Sea/Sea of Japan (see Notice on Talk page) to the east, and terminated by the Korea Strait and the East China Sea to the south. According to Koreans, Japan never returned back the name of Sea of Korea/Corea which had been used throughout 18th/19th century western maps after being defeated in World War II.
The southern landscape consists of partially forested mountain ranges to the east, separated by deep, narrow valleys. Densely populated and cultivated coastal plains are found in the west and south.
The local climate is relatively temperate, with precipitation heavier in summer during a short rainy season called jangma, and winters that can be bitterly cold on occasion. South Korea's capital and largest city is Seoul in the northwest, other major cities include nearby Incheon, central Daejeon, Gwangju in the southwest and Daegu and Busan in the southeast.
Economy
Main article: Economy of South KoreaAs one of the four East Asian Tigers, South Korea has achieved an incredible record of growth and integration into the high-tech modern world economy. Three decades ago GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorer countries of Africa and Asia. Today its GDP per capita is roughly 20 times North Korea's and equal to the lesser economies of the European Union.
This success through the late 1980s was achieved by a system of close government/business ties, including directed credit, import restrictions, sponsorship of specific industries, and a strong labour effort. The government promoted the import of raw materials and technology at the expense of consumer goods and encouraged savings and investment over consumption. The Asian financial crisis of 1997 exposed longstanding weaknesses in South Korea's development model, including high debt/equity ratios, massive foreign borrowing, and an undisciplined financial sector.
Growth plunged by 6.6% in 1998, then strongly recovered to 10.8% in 1999 and 9.2% in 2000. Growth fell back to 3.3% in 2001 because of the slowing global economy, falling exports, and the perception that much-needed corporate and financial reforms have stalled. Led by industry and construction, growth in 2002 was an impressive 5.8%, despited anemic global growth.
Demographics
Main article: Demographics of South KoreaKorea's population is one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogenous in the world, with the only minority being a small Chinese community. Koreans have lived in Manchuria for many centuries, who are now a minority in China, and Joseph Stalin sent thousands of Koreans, against their will, to Central Asia (in the former U.S.S.R) from Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, while the majority of Korean population in Japan moved there during the colonial period.
Political, social and economic instability in South Korea have driven many South Koreans to emigrate to foreign countries, amongst which the friendship, freedom and opportunities provided by the United States and Canada render popularity.
The city of Seoul is the most populated single city (excluding greater metropolitan areas) in the world. Its density has allowed it to become one of the most "digitally-wired" cities in today's globally connected ecomony.
The Korean language is a member of a wider linguistic family of the Altaic languages. The Korean writing system, Hangeul, was invented in 1446 by King Sejong the Great to widely spread education - as Chinese characters were thought to be too difficult and time consuming for a common person to learn - through the Royal proclamation of Hoonminjungeum [훈민정음/訓民正音)] which literally means the "proper sounds to teach the general public." It is different from the Chinese form of written communication as it is phonetically based.
Numerous underlying words still stem from Hanja and older people in Korea still prefer to write words in Hanja, as they were strictly forbidden to study and speak the Korean language when Japan ruled. Koreans are the only people in the world who fully understand how, when and why their written language was created through the transcripts of King Sejong's innovative contribution.
In 2000 the government decided to introduce a new romanisation system, which this article also uses. English is taught as a second language in most primary and intermediate schools. Those students in high school are also taught 2 years of either Chinese, Japanese, French, German or Spanish as an elective course.
Christianity (49%) and Buddhism (47%) comprise South Korea's two dominant religions. Though only 3% identified themselves as Confucianists, Korean society remains highly imbued with Confucian values and beliefs. The remaining 1% of the population practice Shamanism (traditional spirit worship) and Cheondogyo ("Heavenly Way"), a traditional religion.
Holidays Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day January 1 (Lunar) Lunar New Year's Day Seollal 설날 Usually in early February March 1 Independence Movement Day Samil Jeol 3.1절 To commemorate a nation-wide independence movement which took place in 1919 in protest against Japan's immoral colonisation April 5 Arbor Day Singmogil 식목일 May 5 Children's Day Eorininal 어린이날 April 8 (Lunar) Buddha's Birthday Bucheonim Osinnal 부처님오신날 Usually in late May June 6 Memorial Day Hyeonchung-il 현충일 July 17 Constitution Day Jehyeonjeol 제현절 The first Constitution proclaimed in 1948 August 15 Indepedence Day Gwangbokjeol 광복절 Independence from Japanese Colonisation in 1945 August 15 (Lunar) Thanks Giving Day Chuseok 추석 Usually in late September October 3 National Foundation Day Gaecheonjeol 개천절 December 25 Christmas
Miscellaneous topics
- List of Korea-related topics
- Communications in South Korea
- Transportation in South Korea
- Military of South Korea
- Foreign relations of South Korea
- Cities of South Korea
- Roads and Expressways in South Korea
External Links
- Korea.net - Official ROK portal
- Cheong Wa Dae - Official presidential site
- Kukhoe - Official parliamentary site
- Korea National Statistical Office
- SinoKorea - Korea Fan Workroom(China)
- Korea News
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The ceremonial South Pole. Flags of the Antarctic Treaty signatories are arrayed around it, and the Pole Station's old dome is in the background. The dome has been displaced from the precise South Pole by the movement of the glacier on whic it sits.The South Pole is the southernmost point on the Earth, as defined in one of several ways.
Geographic South Pole
The Geographic South Pole is the point where the earth's axis of rotation intersects the surface. This is the point usually meant when an unspecified "south pole" is mentioned.The first humans to reach the Geographic South Pole were Roald Amundsen and his party on December 14, 1911. Amundsen's main competitor Robert Falcon Scott reached the Pole a month later. On the return trip Scott and his party of four all died of hunger and extreme cold. There have been many expeditions to arrive at the South Pole by surface transportation. The leaders of some of the first of these are, in order: Amundsen, Scott, Hillary, Fuchs, Havola, Crary, Fiennes. US Admiral Richard Byrd on November 29, 1929 became the first person to fly over the South Pole.
At present, Antarctica is located over the South Pole, although this has not been the case for all of Earth's history because of continental drift. The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was established during the International Geophysical Year in 1958 and is permanently staffed by research and support personnel.
The projection of the south geographic pole onto the celestial sphere gives the south celestial pole.
Geomagnetic South Pole
The South Magnetic Pole is one of the two magnetic poles of the Earth's magnetic field. It lies near the Geographic South Pole, but its exact location is gradually shifting. The South Magnetic Pole is named for its proximity to the Geographic South Pole; in a strict magnetic sense, it is a north pole. The south pole of a magnet is attracted to the north poles of other magnets; the south pole of a freely suspended magnet (as in a compass) will point toward the Geomagnetic South Pole.
Magnetic South Pole
The Magnetic South Pole is the point nearest the Geographic South Pole where the field lines of Earth's magnetic field point directly into the ground. It does not coincide with the Geomagnetic South Pole.On January 16, 1909 an expedition led by Ernest Shackleton found the Magnetic South Pole.
Related topics
- North Pole (also contains a description of how the poles of other planets are determined)
- South Pole of Inaccessibility
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The Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng Hòa), also known as South Vietnam, was created by the partition of Vietnam in 1954 after the defeat of France at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. South Vietnam's capital was Saigon and it was ruled by an anti-Communist government alleged by many historians to have been nothing more than an American-backed puppet government and fought with the aid of the US against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Most US forces withdrew from South Vietnam in 1973. No longer able to successfully defend itself, the South Vietnamese government surrendered to North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front (NLF) on April 30, 1975. The Communist Republic of South Vietnam took power and ruled until a unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam was inaugurated on July 2, 1976.
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The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth's surface that is south of the equator.
It contains four continents (Africa, Australia, South America and Antartica) separated by four oceans (South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Antarctic Ocean).
Summer occurs around December to February and winter around June to August.
This region has historically been seen as less developed and poorer than the Northern Hemisphere. However, the Southern Hemisphere is also significantly less polluted than the Northern Hemisphere due to lower overall population densities, lower levels of industrialisation, and smaller land masses across the southern temperate zone.
The South Pole is oriented towards the center of our galaxy, and this, combined with clearer skies makes for excellent viewing of the night sky from the Southern Hemisphere.
See also: Northern Hemisphere, seasons, solstice, equinox, Tropic of Capricorn.
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The term The South is often used to refer to the poorer, less technologically advanced nations of the world as opposed to The North, which is richer and more developed. In some cases the compass direction south is not accurate; Australia is in this sense a Northern country, even though it is not north of the equator. The phrase rich north, poor south is sometimes used.
The term The South can also be used to indicate the southern part of a particular country or geographical region. Within that region, if places with a common characteristic are mostly found in the south, then the South becomes a synonym for that characteristic.
- Italy is one of several countries with a north-south divide where the poorer regions are in the south. The South is mainly agricultural, whilst the North is the richer industrial and commercial heartland of the country.
- In England, by contrast, the South (or more acurately the South-east) is relativelty rich. It is the home to two-thirds of the population, and attracts higher salaries and greater job prospects than the North.
- In the United States of America, the South refers to those states which seceded at the time of the American Civil War (see U.S. Southern States and Confederacy). These states were also more agricultural, while the Northern states were more industrial, meaning the North benefited more from the Industrial Revolution than the South. This difference was important in the Civil War, as it allowed for better equipment and manufacturing overall in the North, contributing to the Union victory.
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The U.S. Southern States or The South is perhaps the most distinctive region of the United States having its own unique historical prespective, customs and cuisine. There is some overlap with The Southwest and the Mid-Atlantic States. In addition, Missouri is sometimes considered part of the South.The South is nicknamed Dixie. A song by that title was written by an Ohio minstrel show composer, Daniel D. Emmett, first published by Phillip Werlein in New Orleans in 1859.
Dark red states are in the South region.States always considered part of the South are:
Additionally, these states are sometimes included:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
The American Civil War (1861-65) devastated the Old South socially and economically and the scars left by the war took decades to heal. Today, the "New South" has evolved into a manufacturing region and high-rise buildings crowd the skylines of such cities as Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and Little Rock. The region is blessed with plentiful rainfall and a mild to warm climate. Crops grow easily in its soil and can be grown without frost for at least six months of the year.
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- West Virginia
Like New England, the South was first settled by English Protestants. The South received the continent's largest population of enslaved Africans; in some states their descendants outnumbered people of European descent in the 19th century. Whereas New Englanders tended to stress their differences from the British, Southern whites tended to emulate them. Even so, Southerners were prominent among the leaders of the American Revolution, and four of America's first five presidents were Virginians. After 1800, however, the interests of the manufacturing North and the agrarian South began to diverge.
Especially in coastal areas, southern settlers grew wealthy by raising and selling cotton and tobacco. The most economical way to raise these crops was on large farms, called plantations, which required the work of many laborers. To supply this need, plantation owners relied on slaves brought from Africa, and slavery spread throughout the South.
Slavery was the most contentious issue dividing North and South. To many northerners it was immoral; to many southerners it was integral to their way of life. In 1860, 11 southern states left the Union intending to form a separate nation, the Confederate States of America. This rupture led to the American Civil War, the Confederacy's defeat, and the end of slavery. The scars left by the war took decades to heal. The abolition of slavery failed to provide African Americans with political or economic equality: Southern towns and cities legalized and refined the practice of racial segregation.
It took a long, concerted effort by African Americans and their supporters to end segregation. In the meantime, however, the South could point with pride to a 20th-century regional outpouring of literature by, among others, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Robert Penn Warren, Katherine Anne Porter, Tennessee Williams, Eudora Welty, and Flannery O'Connor.
As southerners, black and white, shook off the effects of slavery and racial division, a new regional pride expressed itself under the banner of "the New South" and in such events as the annual Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, and the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Today the South has evolved into a manufacturing region, and high-rise buildings crowd the skylines of such cities as Atlanta, Houston and Little Rock, Arkansas. Owing to its mild weather, the South has become a mecca for retirees from other U.S. regions and from Canada.
Exceptions within the region
- Southern Louisiana, having been colonized by France and Spain rather than Great Britain, has a different culture and traditions, especially with the Cajun culture of south west Louisiana, and the Creole French, Latin American and Caribbean influenced culture of the New Orleans area.
- Texas was part of New Spain and then Mexico and has Hispanic influence in its culture. In many ways Texas has one foot in the South, and one in the Southwest.
- Miami, Florida has become more a part of the culture of the Caribbean, with a large influxes of immigrants from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti and other parts of Central America and Latin America.
Related topics
- The West
- The Southwest
- The Midwest
- Mid-Atlantic States
- New England
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "U.S. Southern States."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SOHO | English | South of Houston Street | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SouthSynonyms: in the south (adv), to the south (adv), due south (n), southland (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: north (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contraposition | Contraposition, opposition; polarity; inversion; opposite side; reverse, inverse; counterpart; antipodes; opposite poles, North and South. |
Direction | Point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE; rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation. |
Recession | Magnetic pole; north pole, south pole; magnetic monopole. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: South |
| English words defined with "south": capital of South Africa, capital of South Carolina, capital of South Dakota, capital of South Korea ♦ Deep South ♦ east by south ♦ Old South ♦ South African, South African Dutch, South African monetary unit, South America, South American, South American bullfrog, South American country, South American Indian, South American nation, South American poison toad, South American sea lion, South Australia, south by east, south by west, South Carolina, South Carolinian, South Dakotan, South Equatorial Current, South Frigid Zone, South Korean, South Korean monetary unit, South Korean won, South Sea, south side, south southeast, south southwest, south wind, southeast by south, southwest by south ♦ west by south. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "south": Indians, South American ♦ Region -- South ♦ South Atlantic Anomaly, Star of the South ♦ True South. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "south": Waler. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I was a man at that age: the master of a large plantation just south of New Orleans (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Praise the Lord, the South has risen again (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox) You need a brain and I need legs, and the Wizard of Oz doesn't live in South Cincinatti (The Mighty; writing credit: Charles Leavitt. Based on the novel 'Freak the Mighty' by Rodman Philbrick.) Yeah, we've been going south all this time (The Blair Witch Project; writing credit: Daniel Myrick; Eduardo Sánchez) I always liked going South, somehow it feels like going downhill (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
Lyrics | The age is 20, I'm from the south (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited) South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) Hieroglyphics? Let me be specific I wanna be down in your South Seas (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang) Packing up our bags maybe heading south (MY HOMETOWN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) The South has (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) | |
Clever | South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota (references; author: unknown) South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Zithers slither slowly south. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | South Riding (1974) Glimpses of South East Asia (1973) Whicker in the South Seas (1973) Cycles South (1971) South Pole Pals (1966) | |
Song Titles | South American Way (performing artist: The Andrews Sisters) South of Muskogee Town (performing artist: Greg Jacobs) South Street (performing artist: The Orlons) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown are EPN and EPS, (Executive Plaza North and Executive Plaza South), two of NIH's satellite office buildings located in Rockville, Maryland. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Shown is EPS (Executive Plaza South), one of NIH's satellite office buildings located in Rockville, Maryland. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | River Avon, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand. Credit: CDC. |  | Construction site for south parking deck, CDC Roybal Campus. Left: main plant. Right: Building 17. Photo taken 29 November 1999. Credit: CDC. |
 | New Rocket Lab Facility at South 40. Credit: NASA. |  | View of Africa and Saudi Arabia from Apollo 17.Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972,it was the first time that the trajectory of an Apollo mission enabled a view ofthe south pole. Credit: NASA. |
 | View of the South Atlantic Ocean from Galileo. Credit: NASA. |  | Full view of the Earth, taken byGOES-8(Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) on 2 September 1994at 18:00 UT. The red and green channels represent visible data, while theblue channel represents inverted 11 micron infrared data.The north and south poles were were not actually observed by GOES-8. Toproduce this image, poles were taken from a GOES-7 image. Credit: NASA. |
 | South Dakota. Credit: NASA. |  | The Edrengiyn Nuruu forms a transition zone between the Mongolian steppes to the north and the arid deserts of northern China to the south. Credit: NASA. |
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| "South Curl Curl Beach" by Jon Sepúlveda Commentary: "One of Sydney's Best Northern Beaches." | "South Street Seaport" by Scott Ratcliffe Commentary: "Entering into the South Street Seaport in NYC." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Drum styles from West Africa with synthesized flute melody typical of South America. | | Upbeat South American-influenced excerpt typical of a 1980's television show. |
| Synthesized South American flutes in both melody and accompaniment. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Bishop Robert South | Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. |
| Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends. | |
| Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience. | |
| Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none. | |
| Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. | |
| Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature. | |
| Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise. | |
Robert South | Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby they conceal it. |
William Shakespeare | Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | The Constitution was adopted by a convention of the States on September 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States, on the following dates: Delaware, December 7, 1787; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Within the same period and as prescribed by the Commission, the Polish Government must proceed to take over the administration of the territory to the south of the line. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | There are already the special United States relations with Canada which I have just mentioned, and there are the special relations between the United States and the South American Republics. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | These cases come to us from the States of Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | This is the faith with which I return to the South. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1944) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | South End is an unhealthy place |
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish | Douglas Adams | Indeed there were no casual observers in the Old Pink Dog Bar on the lower South Side of Han Dold City because it wasn't the sort of place you could afford to do things casually in if you wanted to stay alive |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Born a Provencal, he had easily made himself familiar with all the patois of the south. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He thought that they must be swallows who had come back from the south. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He walked back across the road, climbed into his open roadster, and drove away south. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Here I put in my canoe, and climbing up a part of the rock, I could plainly discover land to the east, extending from south to north |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Also found in the south and southeast. (references) | |
Yellow fever occurs only in Africa and South America. (references) | ||
Microfoci in Central and South America and parts of Africa. (references) | ||
Business | Transtel of South Africa is servicing National Railways. (references) | |
BTC uses the hub earth station of Transtel in South Africa. (references) | ||
Local firms are generally staffed by cheap South Asian workers. (references) | ||
Children | Kiribati | Child abuse is a growing problem, particularly on South Tarawa. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | In general children play a minimal role in the workforce; however, there have been numerous reports that young boys of Saudi, Sudanese, and South Asian origin are used as jockeys in camel races. (references) | |
Iraq | The surveys revealed that in the south and center parts of the country, home to 85 percent of the population, children under 5 years old were dying at more than twice the rate that they were a decade before. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Chad | A South African cable station also sells subscriptions. (references) |
Cyprus | There is no limit on how long they may remain in the south. (references) | |
Cyprus | Visits to the south are limited to a total of 6 months per year. (references) | |
Economic History | Zambia | A notable exception is South Africa. (references) |
Swaziland | Some Swazis work in the mines in South Africa. (references) | |
Benin | Two types of landscape predominate in the south. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yemen | It continued to publicize human rights abuses, particularly in the south. (references) |
Algeria | On February 10, 26 persons were killed in the town of Cherata, 74 miles south of Algiers. (references) | |
Lesotho | Nine South African soldiers were killed while suppressing the September 1998 army mutiny. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Chile | The Mapuches, from the south, account for approximately 930,000 of this total. (references) |
Guatemala | The Garifuna, descendents of Africans brought to the Caribbean region as laborers who later migrated to South and Central America, are a separate minority group. (references) | |
Cameroon | A population of perhaps 50,000 to 100,000 Baka (Pygmies), a term that encompasses several different ethnic groups, primarily reside in the forested areas of the South and East provinces, of which Pygmies were the earliest known inhabitants. (references) | |
Minorities | Indonesia | Similar incidents occurred in Makassar, South Sulawesi. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Catholic clergy, for example, have reported non-violent incidents of this sort in the south during the year. (references) | |
Mozambique | The black and South Asian Islamic communities tend to remain separate; however, there were no reports of conflict. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | Courts do not apply formally Shari'a in the south. (references) |
Sudan | Government bombing campaigns continued in the south at year's end. (references) | |
SOUTH AFRICA | Ninety-eight percent of South Africa's tariff lines are now bound. (references) | |
Political Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | The remainder were mainly from the center, the east, and the south (Baoule, Agni, Attie, Ebrie, and Abbey). (references) |
Georgia | Elections have been held periodically by the separatist governments of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which remained outside government control. (references) | |
Thailand | Muslims from the south hold significant elected posts in the Government, although they continue to be underrepresented in appointed local and provincial government positions. (references) | |
Trade | New Zealand | Products from certain South Pacific countries enter duty free. (references) |
South Africa | US shipments to South Africa qualify for MFN (Most Favored Nation) treatment. (references) | |
South Africa | U.S. nationals may engage in the full range of trade activities in South Africa. (references) | |
Travel | Mauritius | French and South African wines are widely available. (references) |
South Africa | Within South Africa a courier or Postnet service is recommended. (references) | |
South Africa | U.S. citizens traveling to South Africa require a valid passport. (references) | |
Women | Qatar | Employers mistreated some foreign domestic servants, especially those from South Asia and the Philippines. (references) |
South Africa | The Rape Crisis Organization of South Africa reported that only 8.9 percent of reported rapes resulted in a conviction. (references) | |
Yemen | However, since the 1994 civil war, the number of working women in the south appears to have declined, due not only to the stagnant economy but also to increasing cultural pressure from the north. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Albania | Others were taken farther south to Greece. (references) |
Malawi | It is believed that Malawian women are trafficked to South Africa. (references) | |
Mozambique | Many citizens working illegally in South Africa and Swaziland are subject to abuses there. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TREE, n. A tall vegetable intended by nature to serve as a penal apparatus, though through a miscarriage of justice most trees bear only a negligible fruit, or none at all. When naturally fruited, the tree is a beneficient agency of civilization and an important factor in public morals. In the stern West and the sensitive South its fruit (white and black respectively) though not eaten, is agreeable to the public taste and, though not exported, profitable to the general welfare. That the legitimate relation of the tree to justice was no discovery of Judge Lynch (who, indeed, conceded it no primacy over the lamp-post and the bridge-girder) is made plain by the following passage from Morryster, who antedated him by two centuries: While in yt londe I was carried to see ye Ghogo tree, whereof I had hearde moch talk; but sayynge yt I saw naught remarkabyll in it, ye hed manne of ye villayge where it grewe made answer as followeth: "Ye tree is not nowe in fruite, but in his seasonne you shall see dependynge fr. his braunches all soch as have affroynted ye King his Majesty." And I was furder tolde yt ye worde "Ghogo" sygnifyeth in yr tong ye same as "rapscal" in our owne. Trauvells in ye Easte |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Jones | I certainly can't speak for all of the Southerners or all of the Northerners. This problem is a human nature problem, it's not a regional problem. Racism exists in the North, East, South, West, everywhere. |
Jack Hanna | The big penguins in the South Pole actually walk to the South Pole and back. They eat krill as well as fish. This is a jackass penguin, or a black-footed penguin. Again, called that because he brays like a donkey. |
Regis Philbin | To go to South Bend was really an eye-opening experience for me. But it was wonderful. I mean, Notre Dame, right away, I felt that spirit. |
Rush Limbaugh | Rich or poor, free or enslaved, north or south, oil is literally the fuel of the engine of human activity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | With a portion of them the correspondence of our commanders on the eastern aspect of the South American coast and among the islands of Greece discover how far we have been involved. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | I look forward with hope to increasing the already good feeling between the South and the other sections of the country. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Dangerous problems remain from Cuba to the South China Sea. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Imagine how different Asia might be today if we had failed to act when the Communist army of North Korea marched south. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Four years ago, President Johnson sent American combat forces to South Vietnam. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | My recent discussions with the leaders of the Atlantic community, Japan, and South Korea have contributed to meeting the common challenge. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Democracy is on the march in Central and South America. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Here in our own hemisphere it is time for all the people of the Americas, North and South, to live in freedom. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Recent months have brought serious financial problems to Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, and beyond. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "South" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 64.22% of the time. "South" is used about 21,860 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 64.22% | 14,038 | 652 |
| Noun (singular) | 35.77% | 7,820 | 1,237 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21,860 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "south" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| South | Last name | 5,000 | 2,723 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "south". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jamin | N/A | Biblical | South wind |
| Sinim | N/A | Biblical | South country |
| Teman | N/A | Biblical | The south |
| Temani | N/A | Biblical (Variant) | The south |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | South China Industries Limited | Malaysia | South Malaysia Industries Berhad |
| South Africa | Associated Manganese Mines of South Africa Limited | United Kingdom | Old Mutual South Africa Trust Plc |
| USA | Bank of South Carolina Corp. | ||
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "south": Africa South of the Sahara ♦ Annetta South ♦ Bel Air South ♦ camp Pendleton South ♦ capital of South Africa ♦ capital of south carolina ♦ capital of South Dakota ♦ capital of South Korea ♦ deep South ♦ down south ♦ due south ♦ East by south ♦ Ellsworth South ♦ Empire State of the South ♦ Fort Benning South ♦ Fort Pierce South ♦ Fort Polk South ♦ Garden City South ♦ Glenbard South ♦ go south ♦ going south ♦ Granville South ♦ Hazel Dell South ♦ Holiday City South ♦ Hutchinson Island South ♦ in the south ♦ Lakeland South ♦ Lebanon South ♦ Mack South ♦ mistelle(Jeropico in South Africa) ♦ Monfort Heights South ♦ new south wales ♦ new South Wales rosewood ♦ North and South ♦ old South ♦ on the south of ♦ Orchards South ♦ Pittsburgh of the South ♦ Ramath of the south ♦ Republic of South Africa ♦ Saginaw Township South ♦ Sandusky South ♦ Saugerties South ♦ South Acworth ♦ south africa ♦ south african ♦ South African Dutch ♦ south african monetary unit ♦ South African prune ♦ South African rand ♦ South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee ♦ South African Weather Bureau ♦ South Amana ♦ South Amboy ♦ south america ♦ south american ♦ South American acacia ♦ South American bullfrog ♦ South American country ♦ South American glutton ♦ South American Indian ♦ South American nation ♦ South American poison toad ♦ South American sea lion ♦ South American staghorn ♦ South Amherst ♦ South Apopka ♦ South Ashburnham ♦ South Augusta ♦ South Australia ♦ South Barre ♦ South Barrington ♦ South Bay ♦ South Beach ♦ South Belmar ♦ South Beloit ♦ South Bend ♦ South Berwick ♦ South Bethany ♦ South Bethlehem ♦ South Bloomfield ♦ South Bloomingvi ♦ South Boardman ♦ South Boston ♦ South Bound Broo ♦ South Bound Brook ♦ South Bradenton ♦ South Branch ♦ South Bristol ♦ South Broadway ♦ South Brooksville ♦ South Browning ♦ South Burlington ♦ south by east ♦ south by west ♦ South Byron ♦ South Cairo ♦ South Canal ♦ South Carolina ♦ South Carolinian ♦ South Carrollton. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "south": south-a, south-african, South-African yellowwood, south-american, South-asians, south-bound, south-central, South-Central Dravidian, south-coast, south-directed, South-eas, south-east, South-east-asian, south-easter, south-easterlies, south-easterly, south-eastern, south-easterners, south-east-facing, south-eastward, south-eastward-directed, south-eastwards, south-facing, south-flowing, south-german, South-lancashire, South-london, South-north, South-of-the-border, south-of-the-river, south-pointing, south-polar, south-reaching, South-sea, South-sea rose, South-Sea tea, south-seeking pole, south-side, South-south, south-southeast, south-south-east, south-southeast-trending, south-southwest, south-south-west, south-to-north, south-vietnamese, south-west, south-west wind, south-wester, south-westerlies, south-westerly, south-western, south-west-facing, south-westward, south-westwards, south-xxxx. | |
Ending with "south": East-south, Fermanagh-south, North-south, South-south, us-south, west-south. | |
Containing "south": East-south-east. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "south"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | suidelik (southern), suide, suidwaarts (southward, southwards). (various references) | |
Albanian | jugor (austral, meridional, southerly, southern, southerner, southron, southward), jug. (various references) | |
Arabic | في إتجاه الجنوب, جنوبي (meridional, southern), الجنوب, إتجاه الجنوب. (various references) | |
Asturian | Surafrica (South Africa), América del sur (South America). (various references) | |
Basque | hegoalde. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | waamsskaap. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Юг, Южно, Южен, Движа Се На Юг. (various references) | |
Cebuano | Habagatang Aprika (South Africa), Habagatang Amerika (South America). (various references) | |
Chamorro | gé'haya. (various references) | |
Chinese | 南 . (various references) | |
Czech | jih. (various references) | |
Danish | sydlig (southern), syd. (various references) | |
Dutch | zuidwaarts (southward, southwards), zuiden, zuidelijk (southern), zuidelijk (southern), zuidelýk (southern), Zuid,Zuiden, zuid (The South), Z, naar het zuiden (southward, southwards). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sudo, suda (southern). (various references) | |
Faeroese | suður. (various references) | |
Farsi | نیم روز (Meridian), جنوبی (Southern, Southerner), جنوب , بسوی جنوب . (various references) | |
Finnish | etelä. (various references) | |
French | sud. (various references) | |
Frisian | suden, súdlik (southern). (various references) | |
German | Süden (s), Süd (south wind), südwärts (southerly, southward, southwards), südlich (austral, southerly, southern, to the south), nach Süden (down, southerly, southward, southwards, to the south). (various references) | |
Greek | Νότιοσ, Νότοσ, νότος. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | jugor (southern), jug. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ֳרומי, ֳרומה, ֳרום, ׀גבי, ׀גב, דרום (southern region). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Dél (meridian, midday, noon, noonday, noontide, s), Délre, Déli (meridian, meridional, midday, southerly, southern, southron), délszaki (tropic), délre néző, délről, déli irányban, déli irányból, déli irányba, déli fekvésű, dél felé (southward, southwards), dél felől. (various references) | |
Icelandic | suður. (various references) | |
Indonesian | selatan, daksina (right side). (various references) | |
Irish | An Afraic Theas (South Africa). (various references) | |
Italian | Sud (south african). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 南 (proceeding south). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なんぽう (southern, southward), なん (defect, difficulty, hardships, what), みなみ (proceeding south). (various references) | |
Kongo | America dia kubanda (South America). (various references) | |
Korean | 남쪽 (southern, southward). (various references) | |
Macedonian | Juzna Amerika (South America), Juzna Afrika (South Africa). (various references) | |
Malay | selatan. (various references) | |
Manx | jiass (austral, southerly, southern, southward). (various references) | |
Maya | nohol-iik (south wind). (various references) | |
Norwegian | syd. (various references) | |
Occitan | sud. (various references) | |
Papiamen | sur, zuid. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | outhsay.(various references) | |
Polish | południe (midday, noon). (various references) | |
Portuguese | sul (southward). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | sul. (various references) | |
Provencal | America del sud (South America), Africa del Sud (South Africa). (various references) | |
Romanian | Sud. (various references) | |
Romansch | Africa dal sid (South Africa). (various references) | |
Ruanda | Afrique du Sud (South Africa). (various references) | |
Russian | юг южный, юг, Юг, Южный. (various references) | |
Samoan | Amerika i Saute (South America), Aferika Saute (South Africa). (various references) | |
Scottish | deas (dexterous, ready, right, right hand, trim). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | s juga (southerly), na jugu, na jug (southerly, southward, southwardly, southwards), ka jugu, jug, južni (austral, southerly, southern, southward). (various references) | |
Spanish | sur. (various references) | |
Swahili | kusini. (various references) | |
Swazi | éRiphábliki (Republic of South Africa). (various references) | |
Swedish | söder, sydlig (austral, southerly, southern, southward), syd. (various references) | |
Tagalog | tímog. (various references) | |
Turkish | Lodos (southwester, sou'wester), Güneye (down, southerly), Güneyden Esen (southerly), Güneyden (southerly), Güney Rüzgârı, Güney (austral, meridional, southerly, southern, southernly). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gьnorta (southern). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Південь, Південний Район, Південний, Зюйдовий, Спрямований На Південь. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | về hướng nam; ở phía nam, phương nam, phía nam miền nam gió nam, nam (austral, southerly, southwardly), hướng nam (southward, southwards). (various references) | |
Welsh | deheudir (southern region), deheubarth (southern region), de (right). (various references) | |
Yucatec | nohol. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | auster, austri, austro, austrum, austrumque, meridianus, meridie, meridiem, meridies. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oqen perielqonteV kathnthsamen eiV rhgion kai meta mian hmeran epigenomenou notou deuteraioi hlqomen eiV potiolouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Inde circumlegentes devenimus Regium et post unum diem flante austro secunda die venimus Puteolos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Fro thennus we seiliden aboute, and camen to Regyum; and aftir oo dai, while the south blew, in the secounde dai we camen to Puteolos. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And from thence we set a compasse and came to Regium. And after one daye the south wynde blewe and we came the next daye to Putiolus: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And from thence we made a circuit, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 13 |
| Albanian | Dhe, prej andej, duke lundruar afër bregut, arritëm në Rexho. Të nesërmen fryu juga dhe për dy ditë arritëm në Pocuoli. |
| Cebuano | Ug gikan didto mibordahi kami ug nahiabut sa Regio; ug usa ka adlaw tapus niini mihuros ang habagat, ug sa pagkasunod nga adlaw nahiabut kami sa Puteoli. |
| Croatian | Odande ploveæi uz obalu, stigosmo u Regij. Sutradan okrenu južnjak te za dva dana stigosmo u Puteole. |
| Danish | Derfra sejlede vi videre og kom til Regium, og efter en Dags Forløb fik vi Søndenvind og kom den næste Dag til Puteoli. |
| Dutch | Van waar wij omvoeren, en kwamen aan te Regium; en alzo, na een dag, de wind zuid werd, kwamen wij den tweeden dag te Puteoli; |
| Finnish | ja sieltä me kierrettyämme saavuimme Reegioniin, ja kun yhden päivän perästä nousi etelätuuli, tulimme seuraavana päivänä Puteoliin. |
| French | De là, en suivant la côte, nous atteignîmes Reggio; et, le vent du midi s`étant levé le lendemain, nous fîmes en deux jours le trajet jusqu`à Pouzzoles, |
| German | Und da wir umschifften, kamen wir gen Rhegion; und nach einem Tage, da der Südwind sich erhob, kamen wir des andern Tages gen Puteoli. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dari situ kami berlayar lagi menyusur pantai sampai di kota Regium. Besoknya angin mulai bertiup dari selatan, sehingga dalam dua hari kami sampai di kota Putioli. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dari sana berlayarlah kami berbelok-belok dan sampailah ke Regium. Maka pada keesokan harinya turun angin selatan yang membawa kami, lalu pada lusanya kami tiba di Putioli. |
| Latvian | No turienes, gar piekrasti braucot, mçs nonâcâm Rçgijâ; un kad pçc vienas dienas sacçlâs dienvidu vçjð, mçs otrâ dienâ nonâcâm Puteolos. |
| Maori | Na ka awhio ake matou i reira, ka u ki Rekiuma: ka po tahi ka pa te tonga, a i te rua o nga ra ka u ki Puteori: |
| Norwegian | og efterat vi derfra hadde seilt rundt kysten, kom vi til Regium. Dagen efter blev det sønnenvind, så vi efter to dagers fart kom til Puteoli. |
| Portuguese | donde, costeando, viemos a Régio; e, soprando no dia seguinte o vento sul, chegamos em dois dias a Putéoli, |
| Rumanian | De acolo, am mers knainte pe lkngq coastq, wi am venit la Regio; iar a doua zi, fiindcq sufla vkntul de miazqzi, dupq douq zile, am venit la Puzole, |
| Russian | пФФХДБ ПФРМЩЧ, РТЙВЩМЙ Ч тЙЗЙА; Й ЛБЛ ЮЕТЕЪ ДЕОШ РПДХМ АЦОЩК ЧЕФЕТ, РТЙВЩМЙ ОБ ЧФПТПК ДЕОШ Ч рХФЕПМ, |
| Shuar | Tura Jíinkir nuyanka nayaantsa ayamach weri Rijiu péprunam jeamiaji. Nui kanarmiaji. Tura kashin anaria nase suut umpuunti Támiayi. Tuma asamtai Nú kashinkia Putiuri péprunam jeamiaji. |
| Swahili | Toka huko tuling`oa nanga, tukazunguka na kufika Regio. Baada ya siku moja, upepo ulianza kuvuma kutoka kusini, na baada ya siku mbili tulifika bandari ya Potioli. |
| Swedish | Därifrån foro vi längs kusten och kommo till Regium. Dagen därefter fingo vi sunnanvind, och vi kommo så redan på andra dagen till Puteoli. |
| Uma | Ngkai ree, kaliliu wo'o-makai mpewiwi' tahi', rata hi ngata Regium. Kamepulo-na, mewui ngolu' to lompe' ngkai selatan. Toe pai' mogasi pomako' kapal-kai, pai' ro'eo oti toe rata-makai hi ngata Putioli hi tana' Italia. Mana'u-makai ngkai kapal hi ree. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "south": southbound, southeast, southeaster, southeasterly, southeastern, southeasternmost, southeasters, southeasts, southeastward, southeastwards, southed, souther, southerlies, southerly, southern, southerner, southerners, southernmost, southernness, southernnesses, southerns, southernwood, southernwoods, southers, southing, southings, southland, southlands, southpaw, southpaws, southron, southrons, souths, southward, southwards, southwest, southwester, southwesterly, southwestern, southwesternmost, southwesters, southwests, southwestward, southwestwards. (additional references) | |
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"South" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: douth, Foutch, kouth, outh, routh, Shouth, slouth, sluth, smuth, snuth, soeh, soth, sotu, sotun, souet, soult, soulth, soute, Southcom, souths, souty, sowth, sroth, stuth, sueth, suith, zouth. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "south" (pronounced sou"th) |
| 2 | -ou" th | mouth. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: shout, thous. | |
| Words within the letters "h-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: host, hots, huts, oust, outs, shot, shut, soth, thou, thus, tosh, tush. | |
-2 letters: hot, hut, ohs, out, sot, sou, tho, uts. | |
-3 letters: ho, oh, os, sh, so, to, uh, us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: couths, mouths, oughts, rouths, scouth, shouts, sought, souths, tophus, toughs, upshot, youths. | |
+2 letters: authors, beshout, drouths, fourths, gunshot, hognuts, hotspur, loutish, mahouts, mugshot, noughts, outfish, outgush, outhits, outpush, outrush, outshot, outwash, outwish, scouths, shotgun, shouted, shouter, shutoff, shutout, southed, souther, succoth, sukkoth, touches, troughs, typhous, upshoot, upshots, washout. | |
+3 letters: aphthous, beshouts, besought, buckshot, bullshot, bushgoat, cathouse, cockshut, cothurns, couthest, droughts, foxhunts, futhorcs, futhorks, gunshots, handouts, hangouts, hautbois, hautboys, hideouts, holdouts, holibuts, hothouse, hotspurs, housesat, housesit, housetop, humorist, mistouch, mouthers, mugshots, nuthouse, outblush, outhauls, outhears, outhouse, outhowls, outhunts, outshame, outshine, outshone, outshoot, outshout, outsight, phaseout, pothouse, resought, roughest, scouther, selcouth, shakeout, shootout, shortcut, shotguns, shouldst, shouters, shouting, shutdown, shutoffs, shutouts, slothful, snoutish, soutache, southern, southers, southing, southpaw, southron, stoutish, superhot, taphouse, teahouse, thallous, thoriums, thoughts, thousand, thrombus, thrustor, touchers, touchups, toughens, toughest, toughies, toughish, tuckshop, unsought, upshoots, upthrows, uroliths, washouts, withouts, xanthous, yoghurts, youthens. | |
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