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south⋅ern

   [suhth-ern]
–adjective
1. lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
2. coming from the south, as a wind.
3. of or pertaining to the south.
4. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the South of the United States.
5. Astronomy. being or located south of the celestial equator or of the zodiac: a southern constellation.
–noun
6. (often initial capital letter) southerner (def. 2).
7. (initial capital letter) the dialect of English spoken in the eastern parts of Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, in Florida, in the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and in southeastern Texas.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE sūtherne. See south, -ern
Language Translation for : Southern
Spanish: meridional, German: südlich, Japanese: 南の
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South⋅ern

   [suhth-ern]
–noun
Terry, 1924–95, U.S. novelist and screenwriter.
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south·ern     (sŭth'ərn)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Situated in, toward, or facing the south.
  2. Coming from the south: southern breezes.
  3. Native to or growing in the south.
  4. often Southern Of, relating to, or characteristic of southern regions or the South.
  5. Being south of the equator.

[Middle English southerne, from Old English sūtherne; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]
south'ern·ness' n.
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southern 
O.E. suðerne, from suð "south" (see south) + -erne, suffix denoting direction.

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southern

adjective
1. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations" [ant: northern] 
2. situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course" [syn: southerly] 
3. situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations" [ant: northern] 
4. from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" [syn: southerly] 

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Southern View, IL (village, FIPS 70759)
Location: (39.756260, -89.650370)
Population (2000): 1,695 (841 housing units)
Area: 0.526665 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 62703

Southern Pines, NC (town, FIPS 63120)
Location: (35.181892, -79.398287)
Population (2000): 10,918 (5,488 housing units)
Area: 15.357595 sq mi (land), 0.176409 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 28387

Southern Shores, NC (town, FIPS 63130)
Location: (36.124454, -75.732612)
Population (2000): 2,201 (1,921 housing units)
Area: 4.072814 sq mi (land), 0.075880 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 27949

Southern Shops, SC (CDP, FIPS 67750)
Location: (34.989699, -81.987468)
Population (2000): 3,707 (1,278 housing units)
Area: 3.553987 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Southern Slopes, WA (CCD, FIPS 02593104)
Location: (46.812227, -119.711702)
Population (2000): 11,121 (3,581 housing units)
Area: 635.536141 sq mi (land), 16.281968 sq mi (water)

Southern, WV (district, FIPS 08792924)
Location: (38.662253, -81.407489)
Population (2000): 4,198 (2,007 housing units)
Area: 164.510568 sq mi (land), 0.149377 sq mi (water)

Southern, WV (district, FIPS 03392923)
Location: (39.224055, -80.293361)
Population (2000): 10,570 (4,687 housing units)
Area: 92.623766 sq mi (land), 0.032539 sq mi (water)

Southern, WV (district, FIPS 00792922)
Location: (38.610708, -80.827136)
Population (2000): 3,795 (1,901 housing units)
Area: 157.661400 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Southern, VA (district, FIPS 18595767)
Location: (37.113004, -81.503267)
Population (2000): 9,054 (4,032 housing units)
Area: 215.692942 sq mi (land), 0.022411 sq mi (water)

Southern, IL (township, FIPS 19993204)
Location: (37.639768, -88.978796)
Population (2000): 2,763 (1,008 housing units)
Area: 35.882720 sq mi (land), 1.905826 sq mi (water)

Southern, WV (district, FIPS 10192925)
Location: (38.390144, -80.547348)
Population (2000): 3,818 (1,789 housing units)
Area: 144.516974 sq mi (land), 0.143605 sq mi (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Southern

South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s??ern. See South.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.

Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross.

Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut.

Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.

Southern

South"ern\, n. A Southerner. [R.]

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