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See more synonyms for southern on Thesaurus.com lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south. coming from the south, as a wind. of or relating to the south. (initial capital letter ) of or relating to the South of the United States. Astronomy being or located south of the celestial equator or of the zodiac: a southern constellation. Show More
(often initial capital letter ) southerner(def 2) . (initial capital letter ) 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. Show More
Origin of southern before 900; Middle English; Old English sūtherne. See
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-ern Terry, 1924–95, U.S. novelist and screenwriter. Show More
Related forms pro-South·ern , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for southern Contemporary Examples of southern In Afghanistan, there was a push to take back the southern province Helmand.
Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.
Rather, it was the Democrats who initially were the Southern Party.
We see the Southern segregationists who threatened his life and that of his family on an almost daily basis.
Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, summed up the Southern attitude in his 1861 Cornerstone Speech.
Historical Examples of southern Of this breed there are supposed to be about three millions in our Southern provinces.
Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
Harriet was known by various names among her Southern friends.
Somebody had said that we had plenty of Dominicans already in the Southern States.
We have the deep warm blue of a southern sky and burning sunshine.
British Dictionary definitions for southern 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 Show More
of, relating to, or characteristic of the south of a particular region or country Show More
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Word Origin and History for southern Old English suðerne , from suð "south" (see south ) + -erne , suffix denoting direction. A common Germanic compound, cf. Old Frisian suthern , Old Norse suðroenn , Old High German sundroni .
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