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  Southern Hemisphere

  noun

  the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.
• southern hemisphere
  southern hemisphere

  noun

  that half of the earth lying south of the equator

Southern Hemisphere

American  

noun

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

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southern hemisphere British  

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

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Southern Hemisphere Scientific  

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

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

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Southern Hemisphere Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of Southern Hemisphere

First recorded in 1885–90

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Southern Hemisphere southern hemisphere

Leo’s immediate predecessor, Pope Francis, never made an official trip to France, making no secret that his priority was the Southern Hemisphere, not Western Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

And in Marsden Park, also in western Sydney, the biggest data centre in the Southern Hemisphere is already under construction only 100m away from a local community.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The war’s timing favored customers; U.S./Europe bought inputs, Southern Hemisphere plants later, and China exports from April.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Using concepts from modern meteoritics, Burbery suggests that Dante portrayed Satan as a massive high-speed impactor striking the Southern Hemisphere and driving straight toward Earth's core.

From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026

Because seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere, spring was well under way as the coast of South America slipped away to the northwest.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

It is the first time scientists have observed a large, regularly shaped jet pattern in Saturn's southern hemisphere.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

The southern hemisphere contains more of the planet's ocean water than the northern hemisphere and so exerts a bigger influence on average sea temperatures.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Scientists think it arrived on British soil in the 1940s from somewhere in the southern hemisphere.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Comparable discoveries from the southern hemisphere have been rare and remain poorly documented.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026

It was expected to crash somewhere in the southern hemisphere.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge