south

adj : situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the

south; "the south entrance" [ant: {north}]

n 1: the region of the United States lying south of the

Mason-Dixon line [syn: {South}]

2: the 11 southern states that seceded from the United States

in 1861 [syn: {Confederacy}, {Confederate States of

America}, {South}, {Dixie}, {Dixieland}]

3: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: {due

south}, {S}]

4: any region lying in or toward the south [syn: {South}, {southland}]

adv : in a southern direction; "we moved south" [syn: {South}, {to

the south}, {in the south}]