Southern

//ˈsʌðən//

Synonyms for "southern" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

austral meridional southerly antarctic arctic boreal confederate east eastbound

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (14)

easterly eastermost eastern easternmost gray hyperborean north northbound northeast northeasterly northeastern northerly northern

Adjective(1 words)

meridional

Related words (24)

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Adjective(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

Antonyms

4 entries

boreal northern septentrional

Synonyms

3 entries

austral meridional southerly

Related terms

4 entries

eastern occidental oriental western

derived

78 entries

Great Southern Southern Alps Southern Athabaskan Southern Cross Southern Denmark Southern Downs Southern Federal District Southern Grampians Southern Highlands Southern Midlands Southern Mongolia Southern Ocean Southern Region Southern Rhodesia Southern Tablelands Southern Tungusic

Showing 16 of 78 words.

derived from

1 entries

south

etymologically related_to

1 entries

south

has context

2 entries

not in us us

related to

10 entries

blow eastern occidental oriental region south southerly united states western wind

similar

12 entries

Confederate austral gray grey meridional south south central south-central

Translations

143 translations across 77 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

jugor adj (of the south)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

νοτερός adj (of the south)

Arabic

1 entries

جَنُوبِيّ adj (of the south)

Armenian

2 entries

հարավային adj (of the south)
հարավային adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

cənubi adj (of the south)
güney adj (of the south)

Basque

1 entries

hegoaldeko adj (of the south)

Belarusian

2 entries

паўднёвы adj (of the south)
паўднёвы adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Bengali

1 entries

দক্ষিণ adj (of the south)

Bulgarian

2 entries

ю́жен adj (of the south)
южня́шки adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Burmese

1 entries

တောင် adj (of the south)

Catalan

2 entries

austral adj (of the south)
meridional adj (of the south)

Chinese

2 entries

南 adj (of the south)
南方 adj (of the south)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

南 adj (of the south)
南方 adj (of the south)

Czech

1 entries

jižní adj (of the south)

Danish

1 entries

sydlig adj (of the south)

Dutch

3 entries

zuid adj (of the south)
zuidelijk adj (of the south)
zuiders adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Egyptian

2 entries

rsw-y:N21 adj (of the south)
rsw-y:N21 adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Esperanto

1 entries

suda adj (of the south)

Estonian

2 entries

lõuna adj (of the south)
lõunamaine adj (of the south)

Faroese

1 entries

syðri adj (of the south)

Finnish

4 entries

etelä adj (of the south)
eteläinen adj (of the south)
eteläinen adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)
etelämaalainen adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

French

4 entries

austral adj (of the south)
méridional adj (of the south)
sud adj (of the south)
sudiste adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Georgian

4 entries

სამხრეთიდან adj (of the south)
სამხრეთის adj (of the south)
სამხრეთისა adj (of the south)
სამხრეთული adj (of the south)

German

4 entries

Süd adj (of the south)
südlich adj (of the south)
südlich adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)
südländisch adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Greek

1 entries

νότιος adj (of the south)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries

南 adj (of the south)
南方 adj (of the south)

Hebrew

1 entries

דְּרוֹמִי adj (of the south)

Hindi

2 entries

दक्षिणी adj (of the south)
दक्षिणी adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Hungarian

3 entries

dél adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)
déli adj (of the south)
déli adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Ido

3 entries

australa adj (of the south)
sudala adj (of the south)
sudala adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Ingrian

1 entries

lounain adj (of the south)

Interlingua

2 entries

del sud adj (of the south)
meridional adj (of the south)

Irish

2 entries

deisceartach adj (of the south)
deisceartach adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Italian

1 entries

meridionale adj (of the south)

Japanese

1 entries

南 adj (of the south)

Kazakh

1 entries

оңтүстік adj (of the south)

Khmer

1 entries

ខាងត្បូង adj (of the south)

Korean

1 entries

남쪽의 adj (of the south)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

түштүктүк adj (of the south)

Lao

1 entries

ໃຕ້ adj (of the south)

Latin

4 entries

austrālis adj (of the south)
austrālis adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)
merīdiōnālis adj (of the south)
merīdiōnālis adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Latvian

1 entries

dienvidu adj (of the south)

Lithuanian

2 entries

pietinis adj (of the south)
pietų adj (of the south)

Macedonian

1 entries

јужен adj (of the south)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

başûrî adj (of the south)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

sydlig adj (of the south)
søndre adj (of the south)
søndre adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)
sørlig adj (of the south)

Occitan

2 entries

austral adj (of the south)
meridional adj (of the south)

Pashto

3 entries

جنوبي adj (of the south)
سوهيلي adj (of the south)
سويلي adj (of the south)

Persian

1 entries

جنوبی adj (of the south)

Piedmontese

1 entries

meridional adj (of the south)

Polish

2 entries

południowy adj (of the south)
południowy adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Portuguese

4 entries

austral adj (of the south)
do sul adj (of the south)
do sul/Sul adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)
meridional adj (of the south)

Romanian

4 entries

austral adj (of the south)
meridional adj (of the south)
sudic adj (of the south)
sudic adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Russian

1 entries

ю́жный adj (of the south)

Scots

1 entries

soothren adj (of the south)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

a deas adj (of the south)
a deas adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)
deas adj (of the south)
deas adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

jȕžnī adj (of the south)
ју̏жнӣ adj (of the south)

Slovak

1 entries

južný adj (of the south)

Slovene

1 entries

južen adj (of the south)

Spanish

4 entries

austral adj (of the south)
austral adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)
del sur adj (of the south)
del sur adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Swedish

2 entries

sydlig adj (of the south)
södra adj (of the south)

Tagalog

1 entries

katimugan adj (of the south)

Tajik

1 entries

ҷанубӣ adj (of the south)

Tatar

1 entries

көньяк adj (of the south)

Thai

1 entries

ใต้ adj (of the south)

Tocharian B

1 entries

omotruññaiṣṣe adj (of the south)

Turkish

2 entries

güney adj (of the south)
güneyli adj (of the south)

Turkmen

1 entries

günorta adj (of the south)

Ukrainian

1 entries

півде́нний adj (of the south)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

južny adj (of the south)
połodniši adj (of the south)

Urdu

1 entries

جُنُوبی adj (of the south)

Uyghur

1 entries

جەنۇبىي adj (of the south)

Uzbek

1 entries

janubiy adj (of the south)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nam adj (of the south)

Volapük

1 entries

sulüdik adj (of the south)

Welsh

1 entries

deheuol adj (of the south)

Yiddish

2 entries

דרומדיק adj (of the south)
דרומדיק adj (of or pertaining to a southern region)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Past the west coasts of Europe and Africa to the tip of southern Africa.

Source: tatoeba (30028)

The house has a southern aspect.

Source: tatoeba (49335)

As the house has a southern aspect, it is very sunny.

Source: tatoeba (49336)

Young people flocked to southern California.

Source: tatoeba (265798)

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