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other usesunreferenced|date=December 2010 South is a noun , adjective , or adverb indicating Direction (geometry, geography)|direction or geography .
South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west .
By Norm (sociology)|convention , the bottom side of a map is south.
To go south using a compass for navigation , set a Bearing (navigation)|bearing or azimuth of 180°.
South Pole
True south is the direction towards the southern end of the axis about which the earth rotates, called the South Pole . The South Pole is 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.
Etymology
The word south is derived from the name of one of the four dwarves in Norse mythology , Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri , who each represented one of the directions of the world. The etymology of South can be traced back to the Old English language|Old English word suth , related to the Old High German word sund , and perhaps sunne in Old English with sense of "the region of the sun."
