southern

[ suhth-ern ]
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adjective
  1. lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.

  2. coming from the south, as a wind.

  1. of or relating to the south.

  2. Southern, of or relating to the South of the United States.

  3. Southern, Astronomy. being or located south of the celestial equator or of the zodiac: a southern constellation.

noun
  1. Often Southern . southerner (def. 2).

  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.

Origin of southern

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English sūtherne; see south, -ern

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Other definitions for Southern (2 of 2)

Southern
[ suhth-ern ]

noun
  1. Terry, 1924–95, U.S. novelist and screenwriter.

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British Dictionary definitions for southern (1 of 2)

southern

/ (ˈsʌðən) /


adjective
  1. situated in or towards the south

  2. (of a wind, etc) coming from the south

  1. native to, inhabiting, or growing in the south

  2. (sometimes capital) astronomy south of the celestial equator

British Dictionary definitions for Southern (2 of 2)

Southern

/ (ˈsʌðən) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the south of a particular region or country

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