south pole

See also South Pole

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Noun

south pole (plural south poles)

1. The southernmost point on celestial bodies other than Earth.
2. The negative pole of a magnetic dipole that seeks geographic south.
3. Alternative form of South Pole.

Synonyms

• (negative magnetic pole): negative pole, south-seeking pole, S-pole

Antonyms

• (negative magnetic pole): north pole, positive pole, north-seeking pole, N-pole

Translations

the southernmost point on a celestial body

• Arabic: القطب الجنوبي (ar) (al-quṭb al-janūbiyy) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南極 (cmn), 南极 (cmn) (nánjí)

• Dutch: zuidpool (nl) m
• Finnish: etelänapa (fi)
• French: pôle Sud (fr) m
• German: Südpol (de) m
• Hindi: दक्षिणी ध्रुव (hi) (dakṣiṇī dhruv)
• Japanese: 南極 (ja) (なんきょく, nankyoku)
• Korean: 남극 (ko) (namgeuk) (南極 (ko))

• Malay: kutub selatan (ms)
• Persian: قطب جنوب (fa) (qotb-e jonub)
• Polish: biegun południowy (pl) m
• Russian: южный полюс (ru) (júžnyj póljus) m 
• Swedish: sydpol (sv) c
• Telugu: దక్షిణ దృవం (dakshiNa druvam)
• Urdu: قطب جنوبی (ur) (qutab janūbī) m
• Vietnamese: nam cực (vi) (南極 (vi))
• Volapük: sulüdapov (vo)

negative magnetic pole

• Dutch: zuidpool (nl) m
• Finnish: etelänapa (fi)
• French: pôle sud (fr) m
• German: Südpol (de) m

• Japanese: Ｓ極 (ja) (esu-kyoku)
• Russian: южный полюс (ru) (júžnyj póljus) m 
• Swedish: sydpol (sv) c
• Telugu: దక్షిణ దృవం (dakshiNa druvam)

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• Indonesian: kutub selatan
• Interlingua: polo sud

Derived terms

• South Pole

Anagrams

• spouthole