southern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Southern Hemisphere
: the part of the earth that lies south of the equator
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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.
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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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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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“Southern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20hemisphere. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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