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

   a southern constellation.

noun

1. Often Southern. southerner ( def 2 ).
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

She had sought refuge in her uncle’s house in Aramoun after Israel started bombing Beirut’s southern suburbs.

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Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Sunday "we know he promised to sign an executive order to secure the southern border".

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A severe weather alert in southern Spain has led to the opening tie of the Billie Jean King Cup between Spain and Poland being postponed.

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Schools in the entire southern province of Málaga have been closed while many supermarkets have kept shutters down.

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Police said the driver who ploughed into crowds at a stadium in the southern city of Zhuhai on Monday night acted out of unhappiness over a divorce settlement.

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