southern

¹

[suhth-ern]

adjective

1. lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.

2. coming from the south, as a wind.

3. of or relating to the south.

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

5. Astronomy.,  Southern, being or located south of the celestial equator or of the zodiac.

   a southern constellation.

noun

1. Often Southern southerner.

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

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

southern

¹

/ ˈsʌðən /

adjective

1. situated in or towards the south

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

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

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

Southern

²

/ ˈsʌðən /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of southern¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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The text said that the other pastor had been detained while visiting the southern city of Shenzhen.

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Much of the grain and iron ore exports that Ukraine's economy depends on is moved by train to the southern Black Sea ports, and westward through Poland.

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A man was shot dead by "unidentified individuals" during a protest in southern Ivory Coast, police announced Tuesday.

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