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Word: Antipodes
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: via French or late Latin from Greek antipodes ‘having the feet opposite’, from anti ‘against, opposite’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’. The term originally denoted the inhabitants of opposite sides of the earth
anˈtɪpədiːz
Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere)
Short Definition:Australia and New Zealand
Examples:- there were plants from the Antipodes, including eucalyptuses and acacias
the direct opposite of something
Short Definition:direct opposite of something
Examples:- voting and violence are antipodes
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