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

Earlier, a man was found floating at El Cabezo beach in southern Tenerife.

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In Sorsogon, a city in southern Luzon, the Philippines' largest island, some sought refuge in a church.

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On Friday evening, drone attacks on energy infrastructure in southern Russia's Volgograd region caused power cuts there too, governor Andrei Botcharov said on Telegram.

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Residents of southern Sudan's El-Obeid have said they are living in fear as paramilitaries appear to position themselves for an assault, with the army reporting intercepting an RSF drone attack on the city Saturday.

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The European Union on Saturday condemned Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon and asked it to respect a ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah.

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