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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.
Astronomy., Southern, being or located south of the celestial equator or of the zodiac.
a southern constellation.
noun
Often Southern southerner.
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
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Hundreds of Palestinians also gathered in a destroyed mosque in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, an AFP photographer reported.
In four weeks of hearings in the southern town of Albi, the defence argued that because the body of his wife Delphine had never been found there was no certainty a crime had been committed.
The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the 7 October attack, in which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 251 others hostage.
Arab said he believed the attack took place as his father was transferred between the two prisons, which are in southern and northern Israel, because there were no surveillance cameras to capture it.
The text said that the other pastor had been detained while visiting the southern city of Shenzhen.
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