southernmost

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Etymology

Etymology tree

English southern

Proto-Germanic *-umô

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *-tHós

Proto-Indo-European *-istos

Proto-Germanic *-istaz

Proto-Germanic *-umistaz

Old English -mest

Middle English -mest

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Middle English [Term?]influ.

Middle English -most

English -most

English southernmost

From southern + -most.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

southernmost (not comparable)

1. Farthest south.

   Synonym: southmost

   South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa.

   • 2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 July 2025:

     Historically, the southernmost Scandinavian nation has tended to be Euroskeptic, Friis told CNN, never feeling European at heart.

Translations

farthest south

• Bulgarian: най-южен (naj-južen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最南端的 (zuì nánduān de)

• Czech: nejjižnější
• Danish: sydligste
• Dutch: zuidelijkst (nl)
• German: südlichster (de) m
• Greek: νοτιότερος (notióteros)
• Hungarian: legdélibb (hu)
• Italian: più a sud
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sørligste, sydligste

• Romanian: cel mai sudic
• Russian: са́мый ю́жный (sámyj júžnyj), южне́йший (južnéjšij)
• Slovak: najjužnejší
• Swedish: sydligaste (sv)
• Turkish: en güneydeki

See also

• northernmost
• westernmost
• easternmost