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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 . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] situated in or oriented toward the south
Synonyms 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 |
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[ 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 . Related terms northern austral south-central meridional south-central South |
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[ adjective ] from the south; used especially of wind
Synonyms 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 |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3817
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