Southern Definition

sŭthərn
adjective
In, of, to, toward, or facing the south.
Webster's New World
Coming from the south.
Southern breezes.
American Heritage
Native to or growing in the south.
American Heritage
From the south.
A southern wind.
Webster's New World
Of or characteristic of the South.
Webster's New World
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noun

Southerner.

Webster's New World

Origin of Southern

  • From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make"), from Proto-Germanic *sunþra (“southwards"), from Proto-Indo-European *sun-, *swen- (“sun"). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern"), Old Frisian sÅ«thern, sÅ«dern (“southern"), Middle Low German sÅ«dern (“southern"), Middle High German sundern (“southern"), Icelandic súðrænn (“southern, tropical"). More at south.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English southerne from Old English sūtherne sāwel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Southern Sentence Examples

  • A soft southern voice drawled behind her.

  • The heavy Southern day reminded her of the Caribbean.

  • One of the Gods tripped the wards he had set around his territory in southern California.

  • Who will be my petite southern belle?

  • Unfortunately, the southern routes ran into the desert, and the armies were too far to return in enough time to stave off any attack Memon planned in the next fortnight.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOU

Words Ending With

NRNERN

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southern

Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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