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the word is based off of latin words

hemi, meaning half and sphere, meaning the globe

therefore, a hemisphere is a half of the globe

there are the north and south hemispheres and the east and west hemispheres. there is no northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast hemispheres since they only take up a quarter of the globe

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