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southern
1[ suhth-ern ]
adjective
- lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- coming from the south, as a wind.
- of or relating to the south.
- Southern, of or relating to the South of the United States.
- Southern, Astronomy. being or located south of the celestial equator or of the zodiac:
a southern constellation.
noun
- Often Southern. southerner ( def 2 ).
- Southern, the dialect of English spoken in the eastern parts of Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, in Florida, in the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and in southeastern Texas.
Southern
2[ suhth-ern ]
noun
- Terry, 1924–95, U.S. novelist and screenwriter.
southern
1/ ˈsʌðən /
adjective
- situated in or towards the south
- (of a wind, etc) coming from the south
- native to, inhabiting, or growing in the south
- sometimes capital astronomy south of the celestial equator
Southern
2/ ˈsʌðən /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the south of a particular region or country
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In Afghanistan, there was a push to take back the southern province Helmand.
Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.
Yet all too often the line between Southern and Confederate can get blurred.
Rather, it was the Democrats who initially were the Southern Party.
We see the Southern segregationists who threatened his life and that of his family on an almost daily basis.
See how those distant peaks rise serenely over the southern horizon!
My mother now tells me that she knew of this mistake, an error of the New York paper in copying the item from a Southern journal.
There was hardly to be found in all Southern Tennessee a more contented, shiftless, ill-bestead family than theirs.
Miss Anne smiled kindly, not dreaming of his perplexity, amused by his Southern warmth.
The last three years I've been in the Judith Basin, and southern outfits haven't begun to come in there yet.
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