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1. (adj.) southern
lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
2. southern
coming from the south, as a wind.
3. southern
of or pertaining to the south.
4. southern
(cap.) of or pertaining to the South of the United States.
5. southern
being or located south of the celestial equator or of the zodiac:
a southern constellation.
6. (n.) southern
(cap.) the nonrhotic varieties of American English spoken in most of the lowland southern U.S., from E Texas east to Georgia and Florida and hence north to Virginia to S Maryland.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE sūtherne. See south , -ern)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) southern
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
"southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations"
2. (adj) southerly, southern
situated in or oriented toward the south
"a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"
3. (adj) southern
situated in or coming from regions of the south
"the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations"
4. (adj) southerly, southern
from the south; used especially of wind
"a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"
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1. (adjective) southern
from or of the south of a country
a southern dish
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) southern
of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south
2. (noun) southern
a Southerner
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Sense: of the south
Your speech sounds southern to me; Australia is in the southern hemisphere.
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 Afrikaans: suiderlik |
 Arabic: جَنوبي |
 Bulgarian: южняшки |
 Brazilian: sul |
 Czech: jižní |
 German: südlich |
 Danish: sydlig |
 Greek: νότιος |
 Spanish: meridional |
 Estonian: lõunast (pärit), lõunapoo |
 Farsi: جنوبي |
 Finnish: eteläinen |
 French: méridional; sud, austral |
 Hebrew: דְרוֹמִי |
 Hindi: दक्षिण-धुव्रीय ज्योति |
 Croatian: južni, koji pripada jugu |
 Hungarian: déli |
 Indonesian: selatan |
 Icelandic: suður-, suðrænn |
 Italian: del mezzogiorno, meridion |
 Japanese: 南の |
 Korean: 남부의 |
 Lithuanian: pietų, pietinis, kaip pie |
 Latvian: dienvidu-; dienvidniecisk |
 Malay: selatan |
 Dutch: zuidelijk |
 Norwegian: sydlandsk, sørlig, sør- |
 Polish: południowy |
 Persian: جنوبي |
 Pashto: لويديز |
 Portuguese: sul |
 Romanian: meridional; sudic, austra |
 Russian: южный |
 Slovak: južný |
 Slovenian: južni |
 Serbian: južnjački |
 Swedish: sydlig, södra |
 Thai: ในทางภาคใต้ |
 Turkish: güney, güneyde olan |
 Taiwanese: 南方的 |
 Ukrainian: південний |
 Urdu: جنوبی |
 Vietnamese: thuộc, ở, của phương nam |
 Chinese: 南方的 |
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