南部(なんぶ)

なんぶ
noun
southern part; the south
directiongeography
1. southern part; the south (of a region or country)
The southern part of a country, region or area.
The south of the prefecture is warm.
The typhoon made landfall in southern Kyushu.
The cooking of the American South is gradually becoming known in Japan too.

Follows a place name directly, without の: 九州南部(きゅうしゅうなんぶ), アメリカ南部(なんぶ). Weather forecasts divide regions this way (北部(ほくぶ), 南部(なんぶ), 東部(とうぶ), 西部(せいぶ), 中部(ちゅうぶ)).

Related words

  • 北部(ほくぶ): northern part
  • 東部(とうぶ): eastern part
  • 西部(せいぶ): western part
  • 南(みなみ): south (the direction)