southernmost
[suhth -ern-mohst or, esp. British, -muh st]
- farthest south.
Origin of southernmost
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Contemporary Examples
His “Out of Eden Walk” will end in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America.
Last summer, I traveled with a J Street U delegation to the South Hebron Hills, in the southernmost reaches of the West Bank.
Bangkok—unlike the southernmost provinces of Pattani or Narathiwat—seemed normal.
Historical Examples
These were the Kerimba islands, the southernmost of which is Kiziwa, 12 35 S.
The island of Santorin or Thera, is the southernmost of the Cyclades.
The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and EarthquakesEdwin J. Houston
This was the southernmost of the villages of the Mattole R. tribelet.
California Athabascan GroupsMartin A. Baumhoff
This was the city of Tarleton in southernmost Georgia, September afternoon.
Flappers and PhilosophersF. Scott Fitzgerald
The Cherokee themselves constituted the third and southernmost body.
Myths of the CherokeeJames Mooney
southernmost
- situated or occurring farthest south
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Word Origin and History for southernmost
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