Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Antipodes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Antipodes \An*tip"o*des\, n. [L. pl., fr. Gr. ? with the feet
opposite, pl. ? ?; ? against + ?, ?, foot.]
1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically
opposite.
2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the
globe. --Latham.
3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary.
Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's
judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath
hitherto been gospel? --Hammond.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
antipodes
n : any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of
the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are
antipodes"
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