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Southern hemisphere   /sˈəðərn hˈɛmɪsfˌɪr/   Listen
Southern hemisphere

noun
1.
The hemisphere to the south of the equator.





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"Southern hemisphere" Quotes from Famous Books



... 29th of August, at 10 o'clock P.M., we saluted the southern hemisphere for the first time. A feeling nearly allied to pride excited every one, but more especially those who crossed the line for the first time. We shook each other by the hand, and congratulated one another mutually, as if we had done some great and heroic deed. One of the ...
— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer
... marsupial is a plantigrade vertebrate whose specialty is its pocket. In some countries it is extinct, in the others it is rare. The first American marsupials were Stephen Girard, Mr. Aston and the opossum; the principal marsupials of the Southern Hemisphere are Mr. Rhodes, and the kangaroo. I, myself, am the latest marsupial. Also, I might boast that I have the largest pocket of them all. But there is nothing in that.]—one, the "Tasmanian devil;" that is, ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain


Words linked to "Southern hemisphere" :   Gondwanaland, South America, Australia, hemisphere


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