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South
One of the four cardinal directions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see South (disambiguation).
"Southward" redirects here. For people with the surname Southward, see Southward (surname).
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east.
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