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southern

southern

686 1.0
Located in or coming from the south
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌðərn/
: 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.

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Examples

  • My major operations are in southern California.

  • Hurricane Carol finally made landfall today, pulverizing Southern California.

  • I grew up in a small southern United States town.

  • In some southern states, Charlie, it is legal.

  • I'm in the most southern part of South America.

  • Which is what this new house in southern Vermont represents.

  • The cultural fusion is woven into life in the city and all of southern Arizona.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Tagum City is in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao.

  • The list provides a provocative perspective on the changing landscape between the Southern Appalachians and Oklahoma.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The southern region of Spain is known for its beautiful beaches.

Synonyms

south
vssouthern
∞ 1.0

On the bottom side of a map or building

is used for location or origin relative to that lower geographic area
southerly
vssouthern
4 2.8

In, facing, or moving toward the south

describes general location or coming from that region rather than movement
austral
vssouthern
1 8.4

In or coming from the south

applies to location or direction relative to that same lower half
meridional
vssouthern
1 9.9

From or found in the south

focuses on simple location or direction rather than cultural traits or people

Antonyms

724 1.0

Located in the north part of a country or area

Compounds

A person who belongs to a large Christian church group in the United States called the Southern Baptist Convention

The half of Earth that is south of the equator

The southern part of France including Provence, Occitania and the French Riviera

A large group of Baptist churches that work together in the southern United States

A part of the United States in the south with warm summers and a distinct culture

A small group of stars that makes a cross shape in the southern sky

An ocean that surrounds Antarctica and stretches to 60 degrees south

2 3.2

A warm, friendly, polite way people act in the southern United States

Southern Rhodesia
  • Literature
1 7.4

The name used for Zimbabwe before 1980

Bright natural lights in the sky near the South Pole

A mountain range in southern Romania with high peaks and forests

An evergreen tree from the southern United States with wide, spreading branches and very hard wood

A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber

An evergreen tree with large shiny leaves and big white flowers that smell sweet

A flat fish that lives near southern United States coasts and changes color to match the sea floor

1 7.4

A large tree from eastern North America with narrow, deeply lobed leaves and wood used for furniture

An evergreen tree with fragrant wood that grows in wet coastal areas of the southeastern United States

A medium-sized slow-growing cedar tree from the east coast of the United States with scaly leaves

A small group of three bright stars in the southern sky near Circinus and Apus

A tree that grows in the Southern Hemisphere with small evergreen leaves

A tall plant like an iris with blue-violet flowers that grows in wet places in the eastern United States

1 6.4

A large tree with a wide trunk base that grows in southern United States swamps

A small night animal that glides between trees using a skin flap

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 fern that grows in North American woods and has light brown stripes

A small mouse-like animal that lives in wet bogs and meadows in North America

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 low-growing bush that makes small edible berries like blackberries

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

A small delicate fern with shiny black stalks and feathery leaves

8.6

A sea fish with mild, flaky flesh that lives in the southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America

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

Southern Tai
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of Tai languages spoken in southern Thailand, especially in Surat Thani and Chumphon

How Southern

southernmost
6 4.0
southern
686 1.0
central
749 1.0
northern
724 1.0

Surface Forms

southern positive

Morphology

southern = south (transparent) = south + ern

The word 'southern' is transparently derived from 'south' with the suffix '-ern' indicating direction or relation.

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'.