southern

¹ American  

[suhth-ern] / ˈsʌð ərn /

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.

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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 American  

[suhth-ern] / ˈsʌð ərn /

noun

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

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southern ¹ British  

/ 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

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Southern ² British  

/ ˈsʌðən /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of southern

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

Example Sentences

Under the first phase of the deal, which was brokered by the US and France, both Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters were required to leave southern Lebanon.

From BBC

McMahill did not provide details of the incident but suggested that the suspected attacker drove from New York to southern Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times

Significant groupings appear beneath the Himalayas in southern Asia and near the Bering Strait between Asia and North America, south of the Arctic Circle.

From Science Daily

And then there’s the venerable Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index, the longest-running survey from a regional Fed bank, polling executives on conditions in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware.

From MarketWatch

The natural gas plant will be located in the southern Ohio town of Portsmouth.

From Barron's