Definitions for southern
ˈsʌð ərnsouth·ern

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

1. southernadjective

   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, southernadjective

   situated in or oriented toward the south

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

3. southernadjective

   situated in or coming from regions of the south

   "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations"

4. southerly, southernadjective

   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. southernadjective

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

2. southernadjective

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

   The southern climate.

3. southernadjective

   Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

4. Southernadjective

   from or pertaining to the southern part of any region

5. Southernadjective

   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. Southernadjective

   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. Southernnoun

   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?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   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. Norfolk Chief Executive James Squires:

   Even in the unlikely event of approval, Norfolk Southern would be in limbo for this extended period, causing loss of momentum and disruption to our business and operations.

2. Weather Service:

   Snow to spread from Southern Plains to Central Appalachians ; thunderstorms possible over southern Texas today.

3. Trey Gowdy:

   Letters haven't worked. Southern politeness hasn't worked. We're going to ratchet it up.

4. Michal Feldman:

   This ancestral component is derived from Europe, or to be more specific, from southern Europe, so the ancestors of the Philistines must have traveled across the Mediterranean and arrived in Ashkelon sometime between the end of the Bronze age and the beginning of the Iron age, there would be a lot more that we can say if we had more data, for example we could maybe more precisely pinpoint the source of this migration.

5. Marit Alanen:

   One camera did photograph the jaguar, ocelots, mountain lions and bobcats at separate times, southern Arizona is one of the few places in the U.S. to see four wild cats living in the same area.

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