American English pronunciation

How to pronounce southern

IPA transcription: ['sʌðɚn]

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Adjective

  • in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

    “southern hospitality”

    “southern cooking”

    “southern plantations”

  • situated in or coming from regions of the south

    “the southern hemisphere”

    “southern constellations”

Adjective

  • situated in or oriented toward the south

    “a southern exposure”

    “took a southerly course”

  • 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.