Southern

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  • adjective. Situated in, toward, or facing the south.
  • adjective. Coming from the south.
  • adjective. Native to or growing in the south.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or characteristic of southern regions or the South.
  • adjective. Being south of the equator.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the south, or a region, place, or point which is nearer the south than some other region, place, or point indicated; situated in the south; specifically, in the United States, belonging to those States or that part of the Union called the South (see south, n., 3). Abbreviated S.
  • Directed or leading toward the south or a point near it: as, to steer a southern course.
  • Coming from the south; southerly: as, a southern breeze.
  • noun. A native or an inhabitant of the south, of a southern country, or of the southern part of a country. Compare southron.
  • Same as south, 1, or souther.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
  • adjective. a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross.
  • adjective. a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut.
  • adjective. the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.
  • noun. A Southerner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
  • adjective. Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. situated in or oriented toward the south
  • adjective. from the south; used especially of wind
  • adjective. situated in or coming from regions of the south
  • adjective. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
  • Word Usage
    "Well, the term southern strategy, to me, as it is personified by Mr. Nixon, really means the reversal of the New Society philosophies that"
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