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southern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Southern Hemisphere
: the part of the earth that lies south of the equator
Examples of southern hemisphere in a Sentence
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Giant pandas Wang Wang and Fu Ni, the only pandas in the southern hemisphere, have been on loan to Adelaide Zoo since November 2009.
—Xiaofei Xu, CNN, 16 June 2024
Above all, continent-wide support for the right is driven by hostility to mass migration from the southern hemisphere, to which no government appears to have a credible response.
—Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 12 June 2024
Without the current in working order, temperatures could plunge in the northern hemisphere and rise rapidly in the southern hemisphere.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
Such dire projections about the southern hemisphere are relatively new.
—Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 24 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1652, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of southern hemisphere was
in 1652
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“Southern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20hemisphere. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
southern hemisphere
nounoften capitalized S&H
: the half of the earth that lies south of the equator
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