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

The cold climates of Northern Europe proved mostly inhospitable to sugarcane cultivation, so the plant took root in the more temperate South and the islands off Europe’s southern coast.

From TechCrunch

The mosquito is already established in the southern part of the country, but outbreaks of the diseases remain rare because transmission can only occur when summer temperatures get extremely hot.

From Popular-Science

By the time Azeema and her forces—including the uninjured nineteen who had made it through the day’s events—returned to their positions on the southern front line, night and its crisp coolness had arrived.

From Time

If you’d rather hang out near Yosemite’s southern gateway, Bass Lake is only a half-hour south of Wawona and offers a host of recreational opportunities, including excellent warm-water fishing.

From Outside Online

There could be a glaze of ice and a coating or so of snow where any activity is consistent, although more like a tenth of an inch of ice is possible in southern Maryland.

From Washington Post

In Afghanistan, there was a push to take back the southern province Helmand.

From The Daily Beast

Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.

From The Daily Beast

Yet all too often the line between Southern and Confederate can get blurred.

From The Daily Beast

Rather, it was the Democrats who initially were the Southern Party.

From The Daily Beast

We see the Southern segregationists who threatened his life and that of his family on an almost daily basis.

From The Daily Beast

See how those distant peaks rise serenely over the southern horizon!

From Project Gutenberg

My mother now tells me that she knew of this mistake, an error of the New York paper in copying the item from a Southern journal.

From Project Gutenberg

There was hardly to be found in all Southern Tennessee a more contented, shiftless, ill-bestead family than theirs.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Anne smiled kindly, not dreaming of his perplexity, amused by his Southern warmth.

From Project Gutenberg

The last three years I've been in the Judith Basin, and southern outfits haven't begun to come in there yet.

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