southward

See also: Southward

English

Alternative forms

• south'ard

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *sunþ

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂w-én-s

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros

Proto-Germanic *sunþraz

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Proto-Germanic *sunþraz

Proto-Germanic *sunþrą

Proto-West Germanic *sunþr

Old English sūþ

Middle English south

English south

Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.

Proto-Germanic *wardaz

Old English -weard

English -ward

English southward

From south + -ward.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊθwəd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌðəd/ (nautical)

• Audio (US):

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Noun

southward (plural not attested)

1. The direction or area lying to the south of a place.
   • 1596, Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of Guiana:

     100 leagues to the southward

Adjective

southward (comparative more southward, superlative most southward)

1. Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.

Derived terms

• southward equinox

Adverb

southward (comparative more southward, superlative most southward)

1. Towards the south; in a southerly direction.
   • 1943, Fang Chao-ying, “SUNG Chʻing [宋慶]”, in Arthur W. Hummel, editor, Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644–1912)‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1970, →OCLC, page 687, column 2:

     As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.

Derived terms

• southwardly
• southwards

Translations

towards the south

• Belarusian: на по́ўдзень (na pówdzjenʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: sydover
• Dutch: zuidwaarts (nl)
• German: südwärts (de)
• Hungarian: délre (hu), dél felé
• Latvian: uz dievidiem
• Māori: whakatonga, whakatetonga
• Mongolian: ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠰᠢ (emünesi)

  Cyrillic: өмнөш (mn) (ömnöš)

• Navajo: shádiʼááhjígo, shádiʼáahjigo
• Polish: na południe
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: к ю́гу (k júgu), на юг (na jug)
• Swedish: söderut (sv), sydvart (sv)
• Telugu: దక్షిణముగా (dakṣiṇamugā)
• Tuvan: мурнуу чүкче (murnuu çükçe)
• Ukrainian: на пі́вдень (na pívdenʹ)

References

• “southward”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.