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southward en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsʌðəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsaʊθwəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southward From south + -ward.

Meanings

1. Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.

Forms

Deriveds

southward equinox

Translations (3)

cmn 朝南方向的 (situated or directed towards the south) · fi etelänpuoleinen (situated or directed towards the south) · cmn 向南的 (situated or directed towards the south)

southward en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsʌðəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsaʊθwəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southward From south + -ward.

Meanings

1. Towards the south; in a southerly direction.
   • In Pisa, where [Galileo] was born, I climbed the worn steps of the tower that has been leaning southward almost from the day it was built in the 13th century. 1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 567:
   • As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place. 1943, Fang Chao-ying, “SUNG Chʻing [宋慶]”, in Arthur W. Hummel, editor, Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644–1912), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1970, →OCLC, page 687, column 2:

Forms

Deriveds

southwards · southwardly

Translations (25)

tyv мурнуу чүкче (towards the south) · sv söderut (towards the south) · mn ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠰᠢ (towards the south) · de südwärts (towards the south) · mi whakatetonga (towards the south) · te దక్షిణముగా (towards the south) · be на по́ўдзень (towards the south) · mi whakatonga (towards the south) · sv sydvart (towards the south) · nv shádiʼááhjígo (towards the south) · fi etelään päin (towards the south) · cmn 朝南方向 (towards the south) · uk на пі́вдень (towards the south) · nv shádiʼáahjigo (towards the south) · da sydover (towards the south) · ru на юг (towards the south) · pl na południe (towards the south) · lv uz dievidiem (towards the south) · hu délre (towards the south) · mn өмнөш (towards the south) · nl zuidwaarts (towards the south) · hu dél felé (towards the south) · fi etelään (towards the south) · ru к ю́гу (towards the south) · cmn 向南 (towards the south)

southward en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsʌðəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsaʊθwəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English southward From south + -ward.

Meanings

1. (no-plural) The direction or area lying to the south of a place.
   • 100 leagues to the southward 1596, Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of Guiana:

Forms

Translations (5)

fi etelän puoli (direction or area lying to the south) · cmn 南側 /南侧 (direction or area lying to the south) · cmn 南邊 /南边 (direction or area lying to the south) · fi eteläpuoli (direction or area lying to the south) · cmn 南方 (direction or area lying to the south)