Definitions for Southern
ˈsʌð ərnSouth·ern

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. southern(adj)

   in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

   "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations"

2. southerly, southern(adj)

   situated in or oriented toward the south

   "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"

3. southern(adj)

   situated in or coming from regions of the south

   "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations"

4. southerly, southern(adj)

   from the south; used especially of wind

   "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. southern(Adjective)

   Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.

2. southern(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.

   The southern climate.

3. southern(Adjective)

   Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

4. Southern(Adjective)

   from or pertaining to the southern part of any region

5. Southern(Adjective)

   from or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.

   The southern climate.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Southern(adj)

   of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south

   Etymology: [AS. sern. See South.]

2. Southern(noun)

   a Southerner

   Etymology: [AS. sern. See South.]

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1. Southern

   Southern is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Govia operating the South Central franchise. It is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead and Keolis, and has operated the South Central rail franchise since August 2001 and the Gatwick Express service since June 2008. Southern operates passenger services from London Bridge and London Victoria to Beckenham Junction, Epsom Downs, Leatherhead, East Grinstead, Uckfield, Caterham, Tattenham Corner, Horsham, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Southampton, Portsmouth, Brighton, Eastbourne and Ore. It also operates services from Brighton to Ashford, Brighton to Seaford, Brighton to Southampton and South Croydon to Milton Keynes.

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1. southern

   Relating to the direction south.

   The southern hemisphere has a different climate to the northern hemisphere.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 19, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Southern' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1903

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Southern' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2160

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Southern' in Adjectives Frequency: #246

How to pronounce Southern?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Southern in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Southern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Southern in a Sentence

1. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly:

   Many of America's military men and women are away from home this Thanksgiving, making sacrifices to secure our freedom and to protect our southern border, the DLA Troop Support staff and I are excited about this amazing opportunity to provide them the very best Thanksgiving meal our country has to offer.

2. Paolo Gabrielli:

   Our Peruvian record provides the first clear evidence of a large-scale pre-industrial signal of anthropogenic [human-caused] origin in the atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere.

3. Kevin McAleenan:

   This is the first time weve heard anything like this kind of number of law enforcement being deployed in Mexico to address migration, not just at the southern border but also on the transportation routes to the northern border and in coordinated patrols in key areas along our southwest border.

4. Diane Black:

   I think that old southern Democrat now is a Republican.

5. Denisova Cave:

   So, we will continue our study in the third chamber( South Chamber), where excavations have only recently begun and are continuing at the present time. Also, we are busy working on a large number of other sites in the Altai region, to provide a regional-scale timeline for the hominin occupation and environmental history of southern Siberia.

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