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southern
/ˈsʌðɚn/
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What does southern mean?
adjective
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
- Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
- Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.
More meanings (5)
noun
- Synonym of southerner.
adjective
- From or pertaining to the southern part of any region.
- From or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, southern portions of some other states (e.g., Southern California), or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.
proper noun
- A surname.
- Ellipsis of Southern Comfort.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsʌðɚn/
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One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it.
In observing the full moon in a cloudless sky no one has failed to remark this brilliant point of the southern hemisphere.
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The office of overseer takes this raw material of vulgarity and brutality, and stamps it as a distinct class of southern society.
The boy was the only survivor of a large family, who had been successively sold away from her to a southern market.
As a race they do not want to leave the South, and the Southern white people do not want them to leave.