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Antipodean
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an·tip·o·des  (n-tp-dz)
pl.n.
1. Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode.

[Middle English, people with feet opposite ours, from Latin, from Greek, from pl. of antipous, with the feet opposite : anti-, anti- + pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

an·tipo·dean adj.
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Adj.1.antipodean - relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth; "antipodean latitudes"; "antipodal regions of the earth"; "antipodal points on a sphere"
Translations
Spanish Antipodean [æntɪpəˈdiːən] adjantípoda
French Antipodean [æntɪpəˈdiːən] adjaustralien(ne) et néozélandais(e)d'Australie et de Nouvelle-Zélande
German Antipodean [æntɪpəˈdiːən] adjantipodisch
Italian Antipodean [æntɪpəˈdiːən] adjdegli Antipodi

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