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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Antipodes \An*tip"o*des\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
antipodes
noun: any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Antipodes": Africa, America, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, the old country
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "antipodes": China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule, Yukon, antipodal points, antipode, antipoints, antipole, antipoles, antithesis, antonym, black and white, contra, contraposita, contrapositives, contraries, converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterpoles, counterterm, foil, frontier, godforsaken place, inverse, jumping-off place, night and day, nowhere, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, opposite poles, opposites, outback, outer space, outpost, outskirts, polar opposites, pole, poles, reverse, setoff, the Great Divide, the South Seas, the boondocks, the contrary, the moon, the other side, the sticks, the tullies, vis-a-vis
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