Antipodes Definition
ăn-tĭpə-dēz
noun
Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
American Heritage
Any two places directly opposite each other on the earth.
Webster's New World
Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode.
American Heritage
A place on the opposite side of the earth.
Webster's New World
Two opposite or contrary things.
Webster's New World
pronoun
The southern hemisphere.
Wiktionary
Origin of Antipodes
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Middle English people with feet opposite ours from Latin from Greek from pl. of antipous with the feet opposite anti- anti- pous pod- foot ped- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antipodes), plural of ἀντίπους (antipous), from ἀντί (anti, “opposite”) + πούς (pous, “foot”).
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See antipodes.
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