southward

Etymology

south + -ward

noun

  1. The direction or area lying to the south of a place.
    100 leagues to the southward 1596, Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of Guiana

adj

  1. Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.

adv

  1. Towards the south; in a southerly direction.
    As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place. 1943, Chao-ying Fang, “SUNG Chʻing [宋慶]”, in Arthur W. Hummel, editor, Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644-1912), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1970, →OCLC, page 687, column 2

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