Southern

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Situated in, toward, or facing the south.
  • adj. Coming from the south: southern breezes.
  • adj. Native to or growing in the south.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of southern regions or the South.
  • adj. Being south of the equator.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
  • adj. Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
  • n. A Southerner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the south, or a region, place, or point which is nearer the south than some other region, place, or point indicated; situated in the south; specifically, in the United States, belonging to those States or that part of the Union called the South (see south, n., 3). Abbreviated S.
  • Directed or leading toward the south or a point near it: as, to steer a southern course.
  • Coming from the south; southerly: as, a southern breeze.
  • n. A native or an inhabitant of the south, of a southern country, or of the southern part of a country. Compare southron.
  • Same as south, 1, or souther.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. situated in or oriented toward the south
  • adj. from the south; used especially of wind
  • adj. situated in or coming from regions of the south
  • adj. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
  • Equivalent
    south    austral    meridional    south-central    grey    gray    confederate   
    Antonym
    northern    boreal    septentrional   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    southerner    south    southerly    austral    southron    meridian    meridional    high    southward   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    northern    American    African    rocky    upper    distant    inland    near    tropical