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south⋅ern

  [suhth-ern]
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–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

South⋅ern

  [suhth-ern]
–noun
Terry, 1924–95, U.S. novelist and screenwriter.
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south·ern   (sŭth'ərn)   
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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Word Origin & History

southern 
O.E. suðerne, from suð "south" (see south) + -erne, suffix denoting direction.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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