south
单词辨析：
只作定语，所指范围相对比较明确，多用于洲、国家或行政区之类名词前构成地名，此时首字母需大写。
South Africa/America
南非/南美洲
We lived in a village on the south coast.
我们住在南部海岸的一座村庄。
They have moved to South Wales.
他们已迁居南威尔士。
通常作定语，所指范围相对比较模糊，多指某一洲、国家、地区等的南部。
southern Africa/America
非洲南部/美洲南部
The pagoda is located on the southern slope of the mountain.
塔位于山的南坡。
He is currently teaching in southern Spain.
他目前在西班牙南部教书。
Australia is in the southern hemisphere.
澳大利亚位于南半球。
相关例句：
They are said to control large parts of the east and south of the country.
据说他们控制了该国东部和南部的大片地区。
In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship
1986年，他们取得了恢复南非公民身份的权利。
The debate will pit the industrial North against developing countries in the South.
这次辩论会将形成北方工业国家与南方发展中国家针锋相对的局面。
Dalian is in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula.
大连位于辽东半岛南部。
I was living in a house just south of Market Street.
我就住在市场街南边的一座房子里。
All around him, from east to west, north to south, the stars glittered in the heavens.
在他的四周，从东到西，从北向南，苍穹里到处繁星闪闪。