south
n. uncountablen. the direction that is to your right when you watch the sun rise in the morning. It is the opposite of north.
n. the cardinal point on the compass at 180 degrees, directly opposite north. When capitalised, it often refers to a specific geographic region or political entity.
The birds fly south for the winter.
Most of the windows in the new house face south to catch as much sunlight as possible during the day.
The explorers continued their journey toward the south, hoping to reach the coast before their supplies were exhausted by the harsh conditions.
By proprialization from south.
Often used without an article in phrases like 'due south' or 'facing south', but takes the definite article when referring to the direction ('the south').
He lives in South.He lives in the south.When referring to a general direction or region, the definite article 'the' is required.