t. southern

South·ern

[suhth-ern]
noun
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pro-South·ern, adjective
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southern (ˈsʌðən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  situated in or towards the south
2.  (of a wind, etc) coming from the south
3.  native to, inhabiting, or growing in the south
4.  (sometimes capital) astronomy south of the celestial equator

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Southern (ˈsʌðən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
of, relating to, or characteristic of the south of a particular region or country

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southern
O.E. suðerne, from suð "south" (see south) + -erne, suffix denoting direction.
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