southern
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- adjective
- /ˈsʌðərn/
- US
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sureño
- Southern hospitality at its finest.
- southern United States
- southern culture
- Southern California
They were soon to go home, Southern planters, sons.
- They were soon to go home, Southern planters, sons.
- Miss Bishop, he purred in his southern tinged Boston Brahmin drawl.
- Eases your southern accent with this is so good.
- I think that's a a more like Southern and frontier belief.
- Looks like a nice light touch Southern hat.
- You know, I, I guess because I was raised Southern, right, Right.
- I don't know why I went Southern, but yeah, stay peachy.
Examples
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The 15-minute morning radio show was a staple of Southern life for over fifty years.
Fiction book (1990) -
This looks like a Southern take on a lobster roll.
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And a lot of other southern states said good luck.
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Now this is this is a classic southern yard right here.
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And, you know, Old English and the Southern accent are actually pretty close.
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What, do you want a Southern accent?
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Jesse also has a strong Southern accent, very different.
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And if it takes you 19 years of Sundays to figure this out, you, like me, are a Southern Baptist.
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Dave's tone and voice are laconically Southern, but the hatred and misery in his eyes are raw.
Fiction book (1991) -
New Orleans is known for its vibrant Southern culture, especially during Mardi Gras.
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A person who belongs to a large Christian church group in the United States called the Southern Baptist Convention
A large group of Baptist churches that work together in the southern United States
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The southern part of France including Provence, Occitania and the French Riviera
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A part of the United States in the south with warm summers and a distinct culture
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A repeated change in the temperature of surface water in the Pacific Ocean near the equator that affects weather worldwide
A shrub with flexible wood used to make arrows and blue-black berries that birds eat
A thorny shrub or small tree from the southeastern United States with white flowers and small black berries
A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants
A flowering plant with light purple flowers that grows in the southeastern United States
A tall plant like an iris with blue-violet flowers that grows in wet places in the eastern United States
A small mouse-like animal that lives in wet bogs and meadows in North America
A large tree with a wide trunk base that grows in southern United States swamps
Wood from a large swamp tree with a wide trunk base, used for furniture and boat building
A small tree or shrub from the southeastern United States grown for its pretty pink spring flowers
A flat fish that lives near southern United States coasts and changes color to match the sea floor
A small plant with pale blue bell-shaped flowers that grows in woods from Maryland to Georgia
A sea fish with mild white flesh that lives near the southern Atlantic coast of the United States
An evergreen tree with fragrant wood that grows in wet coastal areas of the southeastern United States
A large tree from eastern North America with narrow, deeply lobed leaves and wood used for furniture
An evergreen tree from the southern United States with wide, spreading branches and very hard wood
An evergreen tree with large shiny leaves and big white flowers that smell sweet
A sea fish with mild, flaky flesh that lives in the southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
A small toad with spade-shaped back feet that lives in dry parts of the southwestern United States
A water plant in the southeastern United States with large floating leaves that forms dense mats in streams
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A group of Tai languages spoken in southern Thailand, especially in Surat Thani and Chumphon
A small group of three bright stars in the southern sky near Circinus and Apus
A medium-sized slow-growing cedar tree from the east coast of the United States with scaly leaves
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Etymology
Southern comes from the old English word south and the ending -ern, which means 'belonging to' or 'coming from'. So when we talk about a southern accent, town, or food, we mean it is 'from' or 'like' the south, especially the southern United States.