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South is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the bottom side of a map is south....

is a cardinal direction.

South may also refer to:

Geography

  • The South (disambiguation), a term often used to refer to regions within particular nations or other kinds of geographic regions

People with the surname South

  • Harry South
    Harry South
    Harry South was an English jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, who later moved into work for film and television....

     (1929-1990), British composer
  • James South
    James South
    Sir James South was a British astronomer.He helped found the Astronomical Society of London, and it was under his name as president of the society from 1831 to 1832 that a petition was successfully submitted to obtain a royal charter in 1831, whereupon it became the Royal Astronomical...

     (1785–1867), British astronomer
  • Joe South
    Joe South
    Joe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...

     (born Joseph Alfred Souter, in 1940), American singer-songwriter
  • Robert South
    Robert South
    Robert South was an English churchman, known for his combative preaching.-Early life:He was the son of Robert South, a London merchant, and Elizabeth Berry...

     (1634-1716), English churchman
  • Seán South
    Seán South
    Seán South was a member of an IRA military column led by Sean Garland on a raid against a Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland on New Year's Day, 1957...

     (1929–1957), Irish Republican Army leader
  • Melanie South
    Melanie South
    Melanie Jayne South is an English tennis player. She is currently the British number 7 and ranked 310 in the world...

     (born 1986), British tennis player

Music

  • South (Heather Nova album)
  • South (Shona Laing album)
    South (Shona Laing album)
    South is a 1987/1988 album by New Zealand musician Shona Laing and her most commercially successful release to date. It was released twice; in 1987 as a worldwide release, and again in 1988 in the United States. Laing reprised three of the tracks from her 1985 album Genre for the U.S...

  • South (British band), a British rock band from London, England
  • South (American band), an ambient post-rock band from Richmond, Virginia

Other uses

  • South (European Parliament constituency), in Republic of Ireland
  • Sud (development region)
    Sud (development region)
    Sud or Sud-Muntenia is a development region in Romania. The Capital of South Development Region is Călăraşi.- References :...

    , a region in Romania
  • South (lunar crater)
    South (lunar crater)
    South is a large lunar crater that is located in the northwest part of the Moon. Most of the southern wall of this crater is joined to the Sinus Roris bay of the Oceanus Procellarum, with the southeast rim facing Mare Frigoris. Attached to the northwest of the formation is the larger walled plain...

  • A book by Ernest Shackleton
    Ernest Shackleton
    Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...

  • A newspaper published in Cape Town
    Cape Town
    Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

    , South Africa
  • A nickname for South Melbourne FC
    South Melbourne FC
    South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...

  • A reference to third-world countries in political science
    North-South divide
    The north–south divide is a socio-economic and political division that exists between the wealthy developed countries, known collectively as "the north", and the poorer developing countries , or "the south." Although most nations comprising the "North" are in fact located in the Northern Hemisphere ,...

  • A reference to the southern United States
    Southern United States
    The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...


See also

  • Southern (disambiguation)
  • Southern (subnational entity)
    Southern (subnational entity)
    Many country subdivisions are named South or Southern, due to their location in their country. This lists all of the different types.Main lists:*Southern District *Southern Province *Southern Region...

  • Souths (disambiguation)
  • South Parade
    South Parade
    South Parade is a shopping street in Summertown, north Oxford, England. It runs between Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east, where there are also shops stretching south from South Parade....

    , Oxford, England
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