southland
Americannoun
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a southern area.
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the southern part of a country.
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the Southland, the U.S. South.
Other Word Forms
- southlander noun
Etymology
Origin of southland
before 1000; Middle English south lond, Old English sūthland; south, land
Example Sentences
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After a heatwave struck Southern California, fires are erupted all across the southland burning hundreds of thousands of acres while threatening homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024
Think of it more as a five-county region, spreading across 4,571 square miles encompassing the five counties of California’s southland region.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2020
From the 1930s to the 90s, country music fans across the southland could always hear a distinctive, homegrown sound.
From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2017
On the other hand, southland has a flair for going back to the future by bringing to new life neglected experimental works from the '60s and '70s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2015
Only the charge of Dol Amroth had saved him from the red southland swords that would have hewed him as he lay.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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