southern

Definition of southern in English English dictionary: from or pertaining to the southern part of any region; from or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, or to the inhabitants or culture of that region
Southern cooking makes its presence felt throughout the northern half of the state. Vegetables such as okra, collard greens, black-eyed peas, fried green tomatoes, and fried eggplant are added to staples such as fried chicken, roast beef, and hogjaw — meat from the mouth of a pig.; Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States
The southern climate.; Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly; Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south; {a} lying from or to the south; in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations; situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations"; {s} facing toward the south; situated in the south; coming from the south; Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south; A Southerner; situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"; from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot south wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"; situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations" in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations; Southern means in or from the south of a region, state, or country. The Everglades National Park stretches across the southern tip of Florida. a place where you can sample southern cuisine. in or from the south of a country or area. adj. southern ape Southern Sea Southern Alps Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe; {a} south; southren; Antarctic; southerly
Southern Altai: A Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic, Russia on the border of Mongolia and the People's Republic of China. There is no mutual intelligibility with Northern Altai
Southern Balochi: A variety of Balochi language, spoken mainly in Pakistan, where it has about 3 million speakers and in Iran (0.5 million)
Southern Baptist: A Baptist denomination based in the United States
Southern Baptist: A member of that denomination
Southern Baptists: plural form of Southern Baptist
Southern Cherokee Nation: The Cherokee Nation made up of those who joined the Confederates during the Civil War
Southern Cherokee Nation: One of the Cherokee Nations recognized by the 1866 treaty
Southern Cross: : A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania
Southern Europe: A sociopolitical region of Europe including such countries as Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Albania and Bulgaria
Southern European: Of, from, or pertaining to Southern Europe, its people, or its culture
Southern European: A Southern European person; one who comes from or lives in Southern Europe
Southern Europeans: plural form of Southern European
Southern Hemisphere: The hemisphere of the Earth (or any celestial body) to the south of its equator
Southern Ireland: The Republic of Ireland
Southern Ireland: the short-lived autonomous region (or constituent country) of the United Kingdom established on 3 May 1921 and dissolved on 6 December 1922
Southern Ocean: The fourth largest ocean of the Earth, surrounding the Antarctic landmass, to the south of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans
Southern Pentecostal: Southern Baptist (attributive)
Southern Pentecostal: Southern Baptist
Southern Pentecostals: plural form of Southern Pentecostal
Southern Rhodesia: A former British colony, later known as Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe
Southern Sami: A Finno-Ugric language spoken in parts of Norway
Southern blot: To use a Southern blot on (some DNA)
Southern blot: A sheet to which DNA has been transfered from electrophoresis gel
Southern blot analysis: a technique whereby biological molecules (especially DNA fragments) are separated by electrophoresis and then transferred from a gel to an immobilizing medium, under the influence of an electric field, for analysis
Southern blots: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Southern blot
Southern blots: plural form of Southern blot
Southern blotted: Simple past tense and past participle of Southern blot
Southern blotting: Present participle of Southern blot
Southern hospitality: The reputation for people in the U.S. South to be particularly warm and welcoming to visitors
Southern yellow pine: A classification of lumber, widely used in construction in much of the US, from any of several species of genus Pinus grown in the southeastern United States
southern belle: An archetypal upper class woman of the antebellum south of the United States
southern belles: plural form of southern belle
southern bottlenose whale: A species of bottlenose whale, found in the southern oceans, scientific name Hyperoodon planifrons
southern bottlenose whales: plural form of southern bottlenose whale
southern elephant seal: A large species of seal, found mainly around Antarctica, scientific name Mirounga leonina, famous for being the largest ever carnivorous mammal
southern elephant seals: plural form of southern elephant seal
southern lights: The aurora of the southern hemisphere
southern screamer: Another name for the crested screamer
southern vole: A species of vole, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (formerly - epiroticus)
southern voles: plural form of southern vole
southern cone: (Coğrafya) The term Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur, Portuguese: Cone Sul) refers to a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, below the Tropic of Capricorn. The region includes all of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, and sometimes Paraguay and southern portions of Brazil which include the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná and São Paulo
Southern Alps: A mountain range of South Island, New Zealand, paralleling the western coast and rising to 3,766.4 m (12,349 ft). the Southern Alps mountain ranges on the South Island of New Zealand. Their highest point is Mount Cook, which is the highest point in New Zealand. Mountain range, South Island, New Zealand. It extends almost the entire length of the island, and it is the highest range in Australasia. It has elevations from 3,000 ft (900 m) to over 10,000 ft (3,050 m), culminating in Mount Cook at 12,349 ft (3,764 m) high. Glaciers descend from the permanently snow-clad top of the range. The range divides the island climatically: the forested western slopes and narrow coastal plain are much wetter than the eastern slopes and wide Canterbury Plains
Southern Baptist: a member of a Baptist religious group that was established in the Southern US in 1845. Southern Baptists often have fundamentalist Christian beliefs, and they believe that everything in the Bible is exactly true
Southern Christian Leadership Conference: U.S. nonsectarian agency founded by Martin Luther King, Jr. , and others in 1957 to assist local organizations working for equal rights for African Americans. Operating primarily in the South, it conducted leadership-training programs, citizen-education projects, and voter-registration drives. It played a major role in the historic March on Washington in 1963 and in the campaigns to urge passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. After King's assassination in 1968, Ralph Abernathy became president. In the early 1970s the SCLC was weakened by several schisms, including the departure of Jesse Jackson, who founded Operation PUSH in Chicago
Southern Christian Leadership Conference: American civil rights organization founded in 1957 by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders of the black community
Southern Comfort: a type of strong, sweet alcoholic drink which is made in the American South
Southern Command: military branch responsible for the southern part of a country
Southern Cross: A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Centaurus and Musca. Also called Crux
Southern Cross: constellation of stars that forms the shape of a cross
Southern Ireland: another name of the Republic of Ireland
Southern Lights: the Southern Lights bands of coloured light that are seen in the night sky in the most southern parts of the world = aurora australis
Southern Methodist University: large university in Texas (USA) that is associated with the Methodist sect of Christianity , SMU
Southern States: the Southern States the states of the southeastern US, especially the states that fought against the North in the US Civil War
Southern Yemen: A former country of southwest Asia on the Arabian Peninsula. A British protectorate from 1882 to 1914, it became fully independent in 1967 and united with North Yemen in 1990 to form the new country of Yemen
Southern blot analysis: A technique for identifying specific sequences of DNA in which DNA fragments are separated by electrophoresis, transferred to nitrocellulose, and identified with a suitable probe
southern Lebanon: area located in south Lebanon
southern Negev: southern region of the Negev, lower part of the Negev
southern aster: a variety of aster
southern baptist: a member of the Southern Baptist Convention
southern baptist convention: an association of Southern Baptists
southern beech: any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves
southern blue flag: similar to blue flag; the eastern United States
southern bog lemming: of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada
southern buckthorn: shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
southern cabbage butterfly: common North American form of cabbage butterfly
southern countries: countries located south of the equator
southern crab apple: small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
southern cross: a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
southern dewberry: of southern North America
southern flounder: flounder of southern United States
southern flying squirrel: small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States
southern harebell: bellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowers
southern hemisphere: the hemisphere south of the equator
southern hemisphere: {i} hemisphere south of the equator
southern hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere the southern hemisphere the half of the world that is south of the Equator
southern live oak: medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding
southern magnolia: evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers
southern red cedar: juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar
southern red oak: large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
southern spadefoot: of the United States southwest
southern spatterdock: of flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams
southern speech: southern drawl, accent used in the south
southern tai: a branch of the Tai languages
southern white cedar: slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
southern wind: wind coming from a southerly direction
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: A French overseas territory located mostly in the Indian Ocean
French Southern Territories: {i} Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, antarctic volcanic islands in southern Indian Ocean (south of Africa and about equally distant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia)
Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands: {i} French Southern Territories, antarctic volcanic islands in southern Indian Ocean (south of Africa and about equally distant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia)
el nino southern oscillation: a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
southernmost: situated farthest south; "Key West is the southernmost city in the United States
southernmost: Farthest south
southernmost: {s} located farthest south
southernmost: situated farthest south; "Key West is the southernmost city in the United States"
southernmost: The southernmost part of an area or the southernmost place is the one that is farthest towards the south. The ancient province of Satsuma lies in the southernmost part of the Japanese island of Kyushu. Aswan, Egypt's southernmost city. furthest south

southern

Hyphenation

south·ern

Turkish pronunciation

sʌdhırn

Pronunciation

/ˈsəᴛʜərn/ /ˈsʌðɜrn/

Etymology

[ 's&-[th]&rn ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English southern, southren, from Old English sutherne; akin to Old High German sundrOni southern, Old English suth south.