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Southern /ˈsʌðən/ adj

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

south•ern adj.

lying toward, located in, or directed toward the south.
coming from the south, as a wind.
of or relating to the south.
Place Names[Southern] of or relating to the South of the United States.
Astronomybeing or located south of the equator:a southern constellation; the Southern Hemisphere.

n. [countable]

Place Names[often: Southern] Southerner (def. 2).

south•ern adj.

lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
coming from the south, as a wind.
of or pertaining to the south.
Place Names(cap.) of or pertaining to the South of the United States.
Astronomybeing or located south of the celestial equator or of the zodiac:a southern constellation.

Place Names(often cap.) southerner (def. 2).
Language Varieties(cap.) 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.

bef. 900; Middle English; Old English sūtherne. See south, -ern

South•ern n.

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

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

southern /ˈsʌðən/ adj

situated in or towards the south
(of a wind, etc) coming from the south
native to, inhabiting, or growing in the south

'Southern' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

aardwolf - Afrikander - agapanthus - albatross - alligator - aloe - amaryllis - Antarctic Ocean - Aoraki/Mount Cook - Argentina - Arkansas - Asir - asparagus - aspect - assegai - aurora australis - Australoid - australopithecine - Austro- - Babylonia - back - banjo - bauxite - bayou - beaujolais - Beersheba - bird of paradise - blaubok - blesbok - boll weevil - bontebok - boomslang - borlotti bean - Botswana - broad - bronze whaler - buffalo - Bug - bush tea - butter bean - calla - Canadian River - Cape pigeon - Cape sparrow - Cape Town - Capitoline - Celtic - cisalpine - click - Clutha

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Synonyms: in the south, of the south, from the south, toward the south, austral, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "Southern" in the title:

(the) standard southern British accent
at southerly latitudes vs at southern latitudes
Bless your heart. [southern US - also in other parts?]
box for Southern Counties
Can we analyze “to protect his country's southern border” as the non-finite clause of “the military”?
cities in the south / southern cities
dar, tuk keer, evvy one of ’em [southern US dialect]
Deaffricating /dʒ/ in Southern English, particularly Cockney
draining from the southern highlands into the northern plains
east, central, and southern
going Southern on us
He glanced at it swiftly, with his <hot>, southern blue eyes
He had assumed a stage Southern accent
her Southern roots.
I 'bout died. [southern US]
I done <talked all my lipstick off> [southern US]
I remember watchin' the guys bein' good southern boys
I's a-gonna learn how t'talk right southern
"In 2007, on the southern half or section of the road access, there was a city road running east-west and a hospital road running north-south..."
in east and southern Africa
In time, they moved to the southern state of Texas.
<It makes no nevermind to me> [southern US]
It’s a Southern thing.
jerk you bald-headed [southern US] [+ snatch you baldheaded]
lower vs southern [geography]
made straight <in> for the southern bank
more southern vs further south
name of a dance type gesture common in southern us states
New York Southern Live System
north / northern part> of a country [+ west, western / south, southern / east, eastern ]
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