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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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