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

Examples

"Southern hospitality" "southern cooking" "southern plantations"

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

It appears to be one of intense dislike , which he makes little effort to conceal even in the presence of Southern friends .

Also , among the latter a large percentage soon acquire the prevalent Southern attitude on most social problems .

Southern resentment has been over the method of its ending , the invasion , and Reconstruction ; their fears now are of miscegenation and Negro political control in many counties .

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

Upon receiving the news , Northern writers , editors , and clergymen heaped accusations of murder on the Southern states , particularly Virginia .

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

But it had , as was usual in southern cities of this sort , a Black_Bottom , a low region near the river where the Negroes lived - servants and laborers huddled_together in a region with no sewage save the river , where streets and sidewalks were neglected and where there was much poverty and crime .

2
[ adjective ] situated in or oriented toward the south

Synonyms

southerly

Examples

"a southern exposure" "took a southerly course"

Used in print

(Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)

Southern_China , all_of southeast Asia , southern India and Ceylon , these states of the Malay_Federation spoke Bazaar .

In southern Europe , between the Israeli Republics and the Icelandic_speaking peoples of northern Europe , was a thin but long stretch of territory called March .

Related terms

south

3
[ adjective ] situated in or coming from regions of the south

Examples

"the southern hemisphere" "southern constellations"

Used in print

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

He concluded that in the southern species , which are rapidly growing types , females mate at the age of two and a half and bear the first young when they are three .

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[ adjective ] from the south; used especially of wind

Synonyms

southerly

Examples

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

Used in print

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

Being somewhat delicate in health , at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe , for which he at_once developed a passion , so that he spent nearly all_of the following ten years abroad , at_first in Italy , then in Greece , Egypt , Asia_Minor , and Palestine .

Related terms

south

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3817
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