antipodes

(an tipə dēz′)

plural noun

  1. any two places directly opposite each other on the earth
  2. a place on the opposite side of the earth
  3. two opposite or contrary things

Origin: ML < L < Gr, pl. of antipous, with the feet opposite < anti-, opposite + pous, foot

Related Forms:

Brit. New Zealand and Australia: with the

See antipodes in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun
  1. Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
  2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, people with feet opposite ours

Origin: , from Latin

Origin: , from Greek

Origin: , from

Origin: pl. of antipous, with the feet opposite

Origin: : anti-, anti-

Origin: + pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • an·tipˌo·deˈan adjective

  1. Australia and New Zealand. Usually used informally.
  2. A group of rocky islands of the southern Pacific Ocean southeast of New Zealand, to which they belong. They were discovered by British seamen in 1800 and are so named because they are diametrically opposite Greenwich, England.

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