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Southern

//ˈsʌðən// adj, name, noun

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Adjective

1
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
2
From or pertaining to the southern part of any region.
3
Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
"The southern climate."
4
From or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, southern portions of some other states (e.g., Southern California), or to the inhabitants or culture of that region. US
"But although Southern cooking makes use of a cornucopia of vegetables, it also typically includes generous portions of meat and fried chicken. Even vegetable dishes and breads are often cooked with animal fat: Greens are fried in bacon grease …"
5
Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

Adjective

1
from the south; used especially of wind wordnet
2
situated in or oriented toward the south wordnet
3
situated in or coming from regions of the south wordnet
4
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname.
2
Ellipsis of Southern Comfort. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Noun

1
Synonym of southerner.
"Force prevails most with the northerns, reason with the inhabitants of a temperate or middle climate, superstition with the southerns; thus astrology, magic, and all mysterious sciences have come from the Chaldeans and Egyptians."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz (“southern”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂un-, *sh₂wen-, r/n-stem alternation of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern”), Old Frisian sūthern, sūdern (“southern”), Middle Low German sūdern (“southern”), Middle High German sundern (“southern”), Icelandic suðrænn (“southern, tropical”). By surface analysis, south + -ern.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

English surname, from the adjective southern. Often used as a northern English nickname for someone from the south of the country, or as a Scottish nickname for an Englishman.

Etymology 4

English surname, from the adjective southern. Often used as a northern English nickname for someone from the south of the country, or as a Scottish nickname for an Englishman.

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