antipode


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Antipodes /anˈtɪpədiːz/
plural noun
  • 1 (the Antipodes) Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere).
  • 2 (antipodes or antipode) the direct opposite of something.
– derivatives
antipodal adjective,
Antipodean adjective & noun.
– origin ME: via Fr. or late L. from Gk antipodes ‘having the feet opposite’, from anti ‘against, opposite’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’.
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