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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: 'people living on opposite sides of the world', from Greek, from antipous 'with feet opposite', from anti- ( ANTI-) + pous 'foot'

Antipodes

 noun
     
An‧tip‧o‧des

the Antipodes

SG Australia and New Zealand
—Antipodean adjective:
antipodean culture
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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