Antipodean (redirected from Antipodeans)

An·tip·o·des  (n-tp-dz)

1. Australia and New Zealand. Usually used informally.

2. A group of rocky islands of the southern Pacific Ocean southeast of New Zealand, to which they belong. They were discovered by British seamen in 1800 and are so named because they are diametrically opposite Greenwich, England.

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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.

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[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.]

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an·tipo·dean adj.

Thesaurus

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" antipodal

Translations

Antipodean [æntɪpəˈdiːən] adj → antípoda

Antipodean [æntɪpəˈdiːən] adj → australien(ne) et néozélandais(e) → d'Australie et de Nouvelle-Zélande

Antipodean [æntɪpəˈdiːən] adj → antipodisch

Antipodean [æntɪpəˈdiːən] adj → degli Antipodi