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Southwards

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a southerly direction; towards the south. not-comparable

    "On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas."

Adverb
  1. 1
    toward the south wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Southward form-of, plural

Etymology

From south + -wards.

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