south: [OE] South, together with its relatives German süd, Dutch zuid, Swedish s?der, and Danish syd, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *suntha-. This may have been derived from the base of *sunnōn ‘sun’ – in which case south would mean etymologically ‘region of the sun, side on which the sun appears’. French sud ‘south’ was borrowed from English.
south (adv.)
Old English sue "southward, to the south, southern, in the south," from Proto-Germanic *sunthaz, perhaps literally "sun-side" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian suth "southward, in the south," Middle Dutch suut, Dutch zuid, German Süden), and related to base of *sunnon "sun" (see sun (v.)). Old French sur, sud (French sud), Spanish sur, sud are loan-words from Germanic, perhaps from Old Norse suer.
As an adjective from c. 1300; as a noun, "one of the four cardinal points," also "southern region of a country," both late 13c. The Southern states of the U.S. have been collectively called The South since 1779 (in early use this often referred only to Georgia and South Carolina). South country in Britain means the part below the Tweed, in England the part below the Wash, and in Scotland the part below the Forth. South Sea meant "the Mediterranean" (late 14c.) and "the English Channel" (early 15c.) before it came to mean (in plural) "the South Pacific Ocean" (1520s). The nautical coat called a sou'wester (1836) protects the wearer against severe weather, such as a gale out of the southwest.
例文
1. He 's touring South America at this moment in time.
彼は今、南米を観光している。
2. South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.
南アフリカは不可逆的な変革を経験している。
3.I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.
南米で過ごした青少年時代が偏見を生んだと思います。
4.He was yesterday given bail by South Yorkshire magistrates.
昨日、南ヨーク郡の裁判所は保釈を許可した。
5.On South Main Street，a huge brick building looms into view.