American English pronunciation
How to pronounce southern
IPA transcription: ['sʌðɚn]
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Adjective
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in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
“southern hospitality”
“southern cooking”
“southern plantations”
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situated in or coming from regions of the south
“the southern hemisphere”
“southern constellations”
Adjective
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situated in or oriented toward the south
“a southern exposure”
“took a southerly course”
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from the south; used especially of wind
“a hot southerly wind”
“southern breezes”
“the winds are southerly”
Usage examples
- The club has since remained in the Premier Division of the Southern Football League.
- The language is a Southern Bantu language belonging to the Niger-Congo family of languages.
- She is captured and sent for imprisonment on Rockfort Island in the Southern Ocean.
- The remaining western, southern, and lower eastern boundary is adjacent to non-federal government land.
- It lies on the southern part of the Chlum hill.
- The southern marshes have traditionally been home to many Marsh Arabs.
- Levine is the owner of three radio stations in Southern California with non-jazz formats.
- It is native to southern and western Europe including the Mediterranean region.
- The northern coast of the Olympic Peninsula forms the southern boundary of the strait.
- Atlantes originated in Greek Sicily and in Magna Graecia, southern Italy.