The retail section had two divisions - the southside and the northside - with Grafton Street being the main shopping street of the southside, and Henry Street and Moore Street the flagships of the northside.
Source: wiktionary
Southside
//ˈsaʊθˌsaɪd//
Synonyms for "southside"
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Translations
6 translations across 2 languages.
Dutch
3 entries- zuiderzijde noun (the southern side of a building, street, area, etc.)
- zuidkant noun (the southern side of a building, street, area, etc.)
- zuidzijde noun (the southern side of a building, street, area, etc.)
Macedonian
3 entries- присој noun (the southern side of a building, street, area, etc.)
- присојница noun (the southern side of a building, street, area, etc.)
- јужна страна noun (the southern side of a building, street, area, etc.)
Sample sentences
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While certain details indicate that this is a black neighborhood up north in a Michigan city, quite possibly Detroit as some have guessed, Morrison is deliberately not specific, allowing us to imagine that the "Southside" in her story could be any of a number of southsides created by the Negro migrations, including the southsides we readers may have lived in.
Source: wiktionary
What is apparently most galling to everyone not directly involved in the dirty fight on the southside of the Perfume River is that rattyass NVA flag still flying defiantly over the Citadel on the northside.
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