South Island

English

South Island

Proper noun

South Island

1. An island, the southern of the two major islands making up New Zealand.

   Synonym: (humorous) mainland

Derived terms

• South Islander
• South Island giant moa

Translations

one of the two major islands making up New Zealand

• Albanian: Ishulli i Jugut
• Arabic: الْجَزِيرَة اَلْجَنُوبِيَّة f (al-jazīra(t) al-janūbiyya)
• Armenian: Հարավային կղզին (Haravayin kġzin)
• Azerbaijani: Cənub ada
• Basque: Hego uhartea
• Belarusian: Паўднёвы востраў m (Paŭdnjóvy vóstraŭ)
• Bulgarian: Южен остров m (Južen ostrov)
• Catalan: Illa del Sud f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南島／南岛 (zh) (Nándǎo)

• Czech: Jižní ostrov m
• Danish: Sydøen c
• Dutch: Zuidereiland (nl) n
• Estonian: Lõunasaar
• Finnish: Eteläsaari (fi)
• French: île du Sud (fr) f
• Galician: Illa Sur f
• Georgian: სამხრეთი კუნძული (samxreti ḳunʒuli)
• German: Südinsel f
• Greek: Νότιο Νησί n (Nótio Nisí)
• Hebrew: האי הדרומי m (ha-i ha-daromi)
• Hungarian: Déli-sziget
• Icelandic: Suðurey f
• Indonesian: Pulau Selatan
• Italian: Isola del Sud f
• Japanese: 南島 (ja) (なんとう, Nantō)
• Korean: 남섬 (Namseom)
• Latvian: Dienvidsala f
• Lithuanian: Pietų sala f
• Macedonian: Јужен остров m (Južen ostrov)
• Malay: Pulau Selatan
• Maori: Te Waipounamu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sørøya f

  Nynorsk: Sørøya f

• Persian: جزیره جنوبی (jazire-ye jonubi)
• Polish: Wyspa Południowa f
• Portuguese: Ilha Sul f
• Romanian: Insula de Sud f
• Russian: Ю́жный о́стров m (Júžnyj óstrov)
• Samoan: le Motu 'i Saute
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јужно острво n, Јужни оток m

  Roman: Južno ostrvo n, Južni otok m

• Slovak: Južný ostrov m
• Slovene: Južni otok m
• Spanish: Isla Sur f
• Swedish: Sydön (sv) n
• Thai: เกาะใต้ (gɔ̀-dtâai)
• Turkish: Güney Adası
• Ukrainian: Південний острів m (Pivdennyj ostriv)
• Vietnamese: đảo Nam

See also

• North Island

Further reading

South Island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia