Antipodes
/antipp deez/ • plural noun 1 (the Antipodes) Australia and New Zealand (in relation to the northern hemisphere). 2 (antipodes or antipode) the direct opposite of something. — DERIVATIVES antipodal adjective Antipodean adjective & noun. — ORIGIN from Greek antipodes ‘having the feet opposite’.
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