south has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (geography) the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line

Used in print

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

In the South , after the first year of the war , paper and ink were very poor .

(James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)

It is at_least as important as the more dramatic attempts to break_down barriers of inequality in the South .

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

The traditional strategy of the South has been to expose the vices of the North , to demonstrate that the North possessed no superior virtue , to `` show the world that '' ( as James 's Christopher_Newman said to his adversaries ) `` however bad I may be , you 're not quite the people to say it '' .

In the pre Civil_War years , the South argued that the slave was not less humanely treated than the factory_worker of the North .

At the present_time , the counter-attack takes the line that there 's no more of the true spirit of `` integration '' in the North than in the South .

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[ adjective ] situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south

Examples

"the south entrance"

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

The plant was located west of the Battenkill and south of the location of the former electric_light plant .

as new homes were built they were connected so that all residences south of School_Street are served by it .

The next step was construction by the Manchester_Light_and_Power_Company of a plant on the west bank of the Battenkill south of Union_Street bridge .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

The pilot lagoon was located as shown in Figure 1 to serve the area just south of the existing housing area .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

The Catholics had the largest cemetery , near the Neversink_River where Main_Street ran south ; Stevie whistled when he passed these alien grounds .

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[ adverb ] in a southern direction

Examples

"we moved south"

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

In_fact it has caused us to give serious thought to moving our residence south , because it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to sit calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of people that the only way to deal with Southerners who oppose integration is to send in troops and shoot the bastards down .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

With the development of the Red_Bridge_Subdivision south of Kansas_City , Missouri , the developer was faced with the problem of providing adequate sewage_disposal .

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[ adverb ] in a southern direction

Examples

"we moved south"

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

In_fact it has caused us to give serious thought to moving our residence south , because it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to sit calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of people that the only way to deal with Southerners who oppose integration is to send in troops and shoot the bastards down .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

With the development of the Red_Bridge_Subdivision south of Kansas_City , Missouri , the developer was faced with the problem of providing adequate sewage_disposal .

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[ noun ] (geography) the 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

Used in print

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

The Providence_Daily_Journal stated that although the guilt of Brown was evident , the South must guarantee him a fair trial to preserve domestic peace .

(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)

Her mother wrote Kate of her grief at the death of Kate 's baby and at Jonathan 's decision to go_with the South `` And , dear Kate '' , she wrote , `` poor Dr._Breckenridge 's son Robert is now organizing a militia company to go South , to his good father 's sorrow .

Were they to be insulted again because of the South 's great victory ?

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[ noun ] the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

Synonyms

S due_south

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

Sometimes they went south and rolled past the tollhouse - `` Afternoon , Reverend '' !

South of Laurel_Grove_Cemetery , and below the junction of the Neversink and the Delaware , was the Tri-State_Rock , from which Stevie could spy New_Jersey and Pennsylvania , as_well_as New_York , simply by spinning around on his heel .

Related terms

cardinal_compass_point

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[ noun ] (geography) any region lying in or toward the south

Synonyms

southland

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

For a time following the abandonment of the local plant , electric_current for Manchester was brought_in from the south with an emergency tie-in with the Vermont_Marble_Company system to_the_north .

Related terms

region southern

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2723
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