| Southern Cross |
a circumpolar constellation in the southern sky, located within the Milky Way and containing two bright stars. |
| southerner |
(often cap.) a native or inhabitant of a southern area or region. |
| Southern Hemisphere |
the half of the earth that is south of the equator. |
| southern lights |
see "aurora australis." |
| Southern Ocean |
the ocean that surrounds the continent of Antarctica. |
| Southern Rhodesia |
see "Rhodesia," "Zimbabwe." |
| Southern Yemen |
formerly, a country at the southern edge of Arabia on the Arabian Sea, now part of Yemen. |
| South Korea |
a country on the eastern coast of Asia, south of North Korea; Republic of Korea. |
| southland |
(sometimes cap.) the southern portion of a country or area. |
| southpaw |
(informal) one who is left-handed, esp. a baseball pitcher. [2 definitions] |
| South Pole |
the point on the earth's surface that is intersected by the southern end of the earth's rotational axis. [4 definitions] |
| South Sea Islands |
the islands in the South Pacific, collectively. (Cf. Oceania.) |
| South Seas |
the South Pacific. [2 definitions] |
| south-southeast |
a point on the compass halfway between south and southeast. [2 definitions] |
| south-southwest |
a point on the compass halfway between south and southwest. [2 definitions] |
| South Sudan |
a country in east-central Africa, formerly part of Sudan. |
| South Vietnam |
a former Southeast Asian country that occupied the southern part of Vietnam and was absorbed in the reunified Vietnam in 1975. |
| southward |
toward the south. [3 definitions] |
| southwardly |
toward the south. [2 definitions] |
| southwest |
a point on the compass halfway between south and west. [6 definitions] |
| South-West Africa |
see "Namibia." |