Английский Этимологический словарь - antipodes
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Antipodes
antipodes
- 14c., from L. antipodes "those who dwell on the opposite side of the earth," from Gk. antipodes, pl. of antious "with feet opposite ours," from anti- "opposite" + pous "foot," thus people who live on the opposite side of the world. Not to be confused with antiscii "those who live on the same meridian on opposite side of the equator," whose shadows fall at noon in the opposite direction, from Gk. anti- + skia "shadow."
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~ n the Antipodes often humorous Australia and New Zealand - Antipodean adj (antipodean culture) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes. (BRIT) N-PROPER: the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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n.pl. 1 a (also Antipodes) a place diametrically opposite to another, esp. Australasia as the region on the opposite side of the earth to Europe. b places diametrically opposite to each other. 2 (usu. foll. by of, to) the exact opposite. Derivatives antipodal adj. antipodean adj. & n. Etymology: F or LL f. Gk antipodes having the feet opposite (as ANTI-, pous podos foot) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. страны противоположных полушарий 2. жители стран, находящихся в противоположных полушариях; антиподы 3. район Австралии и Новой Зеландии 4. наши антиподы, австралийцы и новозеландцы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun; pl. 1) антиподы, жители или страны противоположных полушарий 2) противоположности, антиподы ...Англо-русский словарь
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