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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.
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Southern
is always a great word to know.
So is Polaris. Does it mean:
| the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor |
| a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that appears hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view |
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Word Origin & History
southern
O.E. suðerne, from suð "south" (see south) + -erne, suffix denoting direction.
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