South 77173 226061795 2008-07-16T17:34:48Z TubularWorld 4759276 plural {{otheruses}} [[Image:Compass Rose English South.svg|thumb|A [[compass rose]] with south highlighted]] '''South''' is one of [[cardinal directions]] and is opposite to the [[north]]. By [[Western world|Western]] [[Norm (sociology)|convention]], the bottom side of a [[map]] is south; the southern direction has [[azimuth]] or [[bearing (navigation)|bearing]] of 180°. True south is the direction towards the southern end of the axis about which the [[earth]] rotates, called the [[South Pole]] and located in [[Antarctica]]. [[Magnetic south]] is the direction towards the south [[Earth's magnetic field|magnetic pole]], some distance away from the south geographic pole. The [[etymology]] of "south" comes the [[Old English language|Old English]] word ''suth'', related to the [[Old High German]] word ''sund'', and perhaps ''sunne'' in [[Old English]], with the sense of "the region of the [[sun]]" (sun culminates in the south in the northern hemisphere). "[[The South]]" usually refers to "regions or countries lying to the south of a specified or implied point of orientation, especially the southeastern part of the United States"<ref name=M-W>''[[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]]'': http://www.m-w.com</ref>, i. e. the '''[[Southern United States]]''' and mainly the '''[[Deep South]]''', in a general historical context. ''The South'' is also used for "the developing nations of the world",<ref name=M-W /> i. e. the [[third world]]: see [[North-South divide]]. == References == {{wiktionarypar|south}} <references /> {{CandODirections}} [[Category:Orientation]] [[ar:جنوب]] [[az:Cənub]] [[ba:Көньяҡ]] [[bs:Jug]] [[br:Su]] [[bg:Юг]] [[ca:Sud]] [[ceb:Habagatan]] [[cs:Jih]] [[co:Sudu]] [[de:Süden]] [[et:Lõuna]] [[el:Νότος]] [[es:Sur]] [[eo:Sudo]] [[eu:Hego]] [[fa:جنوب]] [[fr:Sud]] [[gan:南]] [[gl:Sur]] [[ko:남쪽]] [[hi:दक्षिण]] [[hr:Jug]] [[id:Selatan]] [[is:Suður]] [[it:Sud]] [[he:דרום]] [[ku:Başûr]] [[lv:Dienvidi]] [[lt:Pietūs]] [[nl:Zuid]] [[ne:दक्षिण]] [[ja:南]] [[no:Sør]] [[nn:Sør]] [[nrm:Su]] [[oc:Sud]] [[pl:Południe]] [[pt:Sul]] [[ro:Sud]] [[qu:Uralan]] [[ru:Юг]] [[simple:South]] [[sk:Juh (svetová strana)]] [[cu:Югъ]] [[sl:Jug]] [[sr:Југ]] [[sh:Jug]] [[fi:Etelä]] [[sv:Söder]] [[ta:தெற்கு]] [[th:ทิศใต้]] [[vi:Hướng Nam]] [[tr:Güney]] [[uk:Південь]] [[vec:Sud]] [[wa:Sud]] [[yi:דרום]] [[zh-yue:南]] [[bat-smg:Pėitā]] [[zh:南]]