Southern Hemisphere

noun

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

southern hemisphere

noun

that half of the earth lying south of the equator
astronomy that half of the celestial sphere lying south of the celestial equator

Southern Hemisphere

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

Southern Hemisphere

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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"It's not a threat per se, but we have no idea how it could ever work full stop - definitely not for the club game in England, in France, the United Rugby Championship, in the southern hemisphere."

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In the southern hemisphere, however, the Earth will be tilted away from the Sun and experiencing a winter solstice or shortest period of daylight of the year.

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R360 plans to take place in two blocks – April to June and August to September – and while this would not clash with the men's Six Nations or the November internationals – it would overlap with both the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship and the women's Six Nations.

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The real growth is almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere — where the church still dominates culture, politics and many aspects of daily life.

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However, he said there was a strong chance of a pope from Asia or Africa in the near future because Catholics in the southern hemisphere outnumber those in the north.

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Southern Gothic Southern Ireland

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