Meanings
adjectivesouthernmost (not comparable)
- not comparableFarthest south.
South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Historically, the southernmost Scandinavian nation has tended to be Euroskeptic, Friis told CNN, never feeling European at heart.
2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025Synonyms: southmost
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFarthest south.
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Origin
- Englishsouthern
- Middle English[Term?]influ.
- Englishsouthernmost
Translations
Bulgarian най-южен
- най-южен (naj-južen)farthest south
Chinese Mandarin 最南端的
- 最南端的 (zuì nánduān de)farthest south
Czech nejjižnější
- nejjižnějšífarthest south
Danish sydligste
- sydligstefarthest south
Dutch zuidelijkst
- zuidelijkstfarthest south
German südlichster
- südlichsterfarthest south
Greek νοτιότερος
- νοτιότερος (notióteros)farthest south
Hungarian legdélibb
- legdélibbfarthest south
Italian più a sud
- più a sudfarthest south
Norwegian Bokmål sørligste, sydligste
- sørligstefarthest south
- sydligstefarthest south
Romanian cel mai sudic
- cel mai sudicfarthest south
Russian са́мый ю́жный, южне́йший
- са́мый ю́жный (sámyj júžnyj)farthest south
- южне́йший (južnéjšij)farthest south
Slovak najjužnejší
- najjužnejšífarthest south
Swedish sydligaste
- sydligastefarthest south
Turkish en güneydeki
- en güneydekifarthest south
Cite this entry
APA
southernmost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southernmost
MLA
“southernmost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southernmost. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “southernmost,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southernmost.
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