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Definition of Southern

1. Adjective. In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line. "Southern plantations"

2. Adjective. Situated in or oriented toward the south. "Took a southerly course"

3. Adjective. Situated in or coming from regions of the south. "Southern constellations"

4. Adjective. From the south; used especially of wind. "The winds are southerly"

Definition of Southern

1. a. Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.

2. n. A Southerner.

Definition of Southern

1. a person living in the south [n -S]

Medical Definition of Southern

1. M.E., 20th century British biologist. See: Southern blot analysis. (05 Mar 2000)

Southern Pictures

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Southern

southeastern United States southeasters southeasts southeastward southeastwardly southeastwards Southeast Asia southeast by east southeast by south southed

souther southered southerlies southerly Southern southern (current term) Southerner southernism southernmost southernness

southernnesses southerns southernwood southernwood southernwoods southern arrow wood southern aster Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention southern beech

Literary usage of Southern

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1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Union Pacific and southern Pacific Un- merger.— Following the death of the late CP Huntington the Union Pacific Railroad Company acquired a large block of ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In the Civil War the city was an important supply depot of the Confederates and a vast quantity of supplies for the southern armies was manufactured here. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It is common in northern Italy, in the south of France, in Spain and in countries further east in southern Europe. Within recent years it has been found ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL AND MONTHLY RECORD OF GEOGRAPHY. A Journey to southern Morocco and the Atlas Mountains. By JOSEPH THOMSON. ..."

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