southern
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- adjective
- /ˈsʌðərn/
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meridional
- I love the cuisine from southern Italy, especially the pasta dishes.
- southern border
- southern regions
- a southern city
But he has said that he would make the southern border impervious.
- But he has said that he would make the southern border impervious.
- No one should be storming the southern border, OK?
- So Theo, this is Luke calling from the Southern Indiana local area.
- OK, if I could live anywhere but Southern California, where would it be?
- He offers Justinian all of southern Italy, but it is not enough.
- It's way down in the southern tip of of area.
- I want to lie down in southern Georgia.
- What where was this tried Southern District in New York.
- Actually, let's move on to southern border stuff.
Examples
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My major operations are in southern California.
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Hurricane Carol finally made landfall today, pulverizing Southern California.
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I grew up in a small southern United States town.
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In some southern states, Charlie, it is legal.
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I'm in the most southern part of South America.
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Which is what this new house in southern Vermont represents.
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The cultural fusion is woven into life in the city and all of southern Arizona.
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Tagum City is in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao.
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The list provides a provocative perspective on the changing landscape between the Southern Appalachians and Oklahoma.
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The southern region of Spain is known for its beautiful beaches.
Synonyms
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On the bottom side of a map or building
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In, facing, or moving toward the south
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In or coming from the south
From or found in the south
Antonyms
Compounds
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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
- Specialized
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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
- Specialized
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
How Southern
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Southern comes from the old English word south plus the ending -ern, which turns a place name into an adjective meaning 'of' or 'from' that place. So a southern breeze or wind is simply a wind that comes from the 'south'.