antipodes

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American Heritage Dictionary (2 definitions)

    –plural noun
  1. Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
  2. Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode.

Century Dictionary (3 definitions)

  1. Figuratively, things opposed to each other: as a singular, anything diametrically adverse or opposed to another thing belonging to the same general order; a contrary. In the latter sense sometimes used in the singular form antipode (which see).
  2. Two places on the surface of the globe diametrically opposite to each other; the country or region on the opposite side of the globe.
  3. Persons living at diametrically opposite points of the globe, so that their feet are directed toward each other; persons who live on the side of the globe opposite to others.

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/ (ăn-tĭpˈə-dēzˌ)/
ahd pronounces "antipodes"
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  1. Middle English, people with feet opposite ours, from Latin, from Greek, from pl. of antipous, with the feet opposite : anti-, anti- + pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.

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