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Southern Hemisphere

noun

  1. the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.


southern hemisphere

noun

  1. that half of the earth lying south of the equator
  2. astronomy that half of the celestial sphere lying south of the celestial equator
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Southern Hemisphere

  1. The half of the Earth south of the equator.
  2. The half of the celestial sphere south of the celestial equator.


Southern Hemisphere

  1. The southern half of the Earth 's surface; the Earth's surface south of the equator .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Southern Hemisphere1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

South Africa and Australia were among the Southern Hemisphere nations that saw surges during their winters, while the US was among the northern countries with summer surges.

Other Southern Hemisphere countries have also reported unexpectedly low levels of influenza and another common respiratory virus called respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, she says.

But the men from the Southern Hemisphere have the strength to shrug off that loss.

It is literally helping to destroy whole nation states in the Southern Hemisphere.

National Broadband in Oz: The “tyranny of distance” has long been a complaint of our best allies in the Southern Hemisphere.

This is one of the natural wonders of the southern hemisphere and is much visited by tourists traveling through New Zealand.

Hardly a star was visible; even those of the southern hemisphere pale beside the southern moon.

We saw in Chapter II that it shines in the southern hemisphere.

Bearing this in mind, note in the last picture the great oval spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter.

It was with high hopes that the naturalist started for the Southern Hemisphere.

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