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Antipodes

//ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Southern Hemisphere.
  2. 2
    Australia and New Zealand. UK, dated
Noun
  1. 1
    The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point. uncountable

    "We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in absence of the sun."

  2. 2
    any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth wordnet
  3. 3
    The Southern Hemisphere. uncountable

    "[…]a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands."

  4. 4
    Australia and New Zealand. UK, archaic, uncountable
  5. 5
    The opposite of something. broadly, figuratively, uncountable

    "The sleepy yet shrewd judge was the antipodes to confidence, but to Don Manuel he felt no hesitation in frankly stating his actions and their motives, from his first arrival in Spain to the present time."

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  1. 6
    plural of antipode form-of, plural, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antípodes), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + πόδες (pódes), plural of πούς (poús, “foot”).

Etymology 2

See antipodes.

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