What is the meaning of South?

noun

• The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line.
• The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  • synonyms: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland
• The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees.
  • synonyms: due south, southward, S
• A location in the southern part of a country, region, or city.
• The direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point.

adjective

• Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south.
  • usage: "the south entrance"

adverb

• In a southern direction.
  • usage: "we moved south"
  • synonyms: to the south, in the south