Southward — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

moving toward the south

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈaʊθwɚd/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈaʊθwəd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈaʊθwəd/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈaʊθwɚd/.

Examples

a southbound train
the ship turned southerly

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

S south southerly due south southbound southwards

Parts of Speech

noun	the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
adjective	moving toward the south “a southbound train”
adverb	toward the south “the ship turned southerly”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

südwärts

der Kardinalkompass, der bei 180 Grad liegt

🇫🇷French

vers le sud

le point cardinal du compas qui est à 180 degrés

🇪🇸Spanish

hacia el sur

el punto cardinal de la brújula que está a 180 grados

🇮🇹Italian

verso sud

il punto cardinale della bussola che è a 180 gradi

🇳🇱Dutch

zuidwaarts

het kardinale kompaspunt dat zich op 180 graden bevindt

🇵🇹Portuguese

sul

o ponto cardeal da bússola que está em 180 graus

🇷🇺Russian

на юг

кардинальная точка компаса, равная 180 градусам

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दक्षिण की ओर

कार्डिनल कंपास बिंदु जो 180 डिग्री पर है

🇧🇩Bengali

দক্ষিণ দিকে

কার্ডিনাল কম্পাস পয়েন্ট যা 180 ডিগ্রিতে

🇮🇳Tamil

தெற்கு நோக்கி

கார்டினல் திசைகாட்டி புள்ளி 180 டிகிரியில் உள்ளது

🇮🇳Telugu

దక్షిణం వైపు

కార్డినల్ కంపాస్ పాయింట్ 180 డిగ్రీల వద్ద ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

दक्षिणेकडे

कार्डिनल होकायंत्र बिंदू जो 180 अंशांवर आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

દક્ષિણ તરફ

કાર્ડિનલ હોકાયંત્ર બિંદુ જે 180 ડિગ્રી પર છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಕ್ಷಿಣಕ್ಕೆ

180 ಡಿಗ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕಾರ್ಡಿನಲ್ ದಿಕ್ಸೂಚಿ ಬಿಂದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

തെക്കോട്ട്

180 ഡിഗ്രിയിലുള്ള കാർഡിനൽ കോമ്പസ് പോയിൻ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੱਖਣ ਵੱਲ

ਮੁੱਖ ਕੰਪਾਸ ਬਿੰਦੂ ਜੋ 180 ਡਿਗਰੀ 'ਤੇ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

جنوب کی طرف

کارڈنل کمپاس پوائنٹ جو 180 ڈگری پر ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

向南

180 度的罗盘基点

🇯🇵Japanese

南へ

180度の基本方位磁針

🇰🇷Korean

남쪽으로

180도에 있는 기본 나침반 지점

🇻🇳Vietnamese

về phía nam

điểm la bàn hồng y ở 180 độ

🇹🇭Thai

ไปทางทิศใต้

จุดที่เข็มทิศคาร์ดินัลอยู่ที่ 180 องศา

🇮🇩Indonesian

arah selatan

titik mata angin kompas yaitu 180 derajat

🇵🇭Filipino

patimog

ang cardinal compass point na nasa 180 degrees

🇲🇾Malay

arah selatan

titik kompas kardinal yang berada pada 180 darjah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جنوبا

نقطة البوصلة الأساسية التي تبلغ 180 درجة

🇮🇷Persian

به سمت جنوب

نقطه اصلی قطب نما که در 180 درجه است

🇹🇷Turkish

güneye doğru

180 derecelik ana pusula noktası

🇮🇱Hebrew

דָרוֹמָה

נקודת המצפן הקרדינלית שנמצאת ב-180 מעלות

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