southward
Collocations
3VERB + SOUTHWARD
sailing, traveled, went
SOUTHWARD + NOUN
thereof
PREP.
from, out
Definitions
noun
The direction or area lying to the south of a place.
100 leagues to the southward
adj
Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.
adv
Towards the south; in a southerly direction.
As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.
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6100 leagues to the southward
WiktionaryAs the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.
WiktionarySouthward.
Tatoeba · #1349139Europe is not really a continent; it juts westward out of Eurasia, the continent, as India juts southward out thereof.
Tatoeba · #1972698We're sailing southward.
Tatoeba · #7733550I traveled southward.
Tatoeba · #12897577