Southern Hemisphere

noun

1. the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.

southern hemisphere

noun

1. that half of the earth lying south of the equator

2. astronomy that half of the celestial sphere lying south of the celestial equator

Southern Hemisphere

1. The half of the Earth south of the equator.

2. The half of the celestial sphere south of the celestial equator.

Southern Hemisphere

1. The southern half of the Earth's surface; the Earth's surface south of the equator.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Southern Hemisphere¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

It is easier to play high tempo, ambitious rugby on a summer tour and against southern hemisphere opposition than in the depths of a Six Nations dogfight.

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It is said The Camfield, the pub just outside Perth Stadium, is the largest in the southern hemisphere.

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Scientists report that ancient bogs located throughout the Southern Hemisphere contain important clues to a significant change in Earth's climate thousands of years in the past.

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For many years, geoscientists have lacked a clear explanation for why vast bogs appeared across the Southern Hemisphere after the last Ice Age.

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The Vatican released the American pope's address to churches of the southern hemisphere assembled on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Belem, Brazil, in which he called the Amazon region "a living symbol of creation with an urgent need for care".

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