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.
southern in British English
(ˈsʌðən)
adjective
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
Southern in British English
(ˈsʌðən)
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the south of a particular region or country
southern in American English
(ˈsʌðərn)
adjective
1.
in, of, to, toward, or facing the south
2.
from the south
a southern wind
3. US; [usuallyS-]
of or characteristic of the South
4. US; [S-]
designating a dialect of American English spoken in the Delmarva Peninsula, the Va. Piedmont, E N.C. and S.C., Ga., Fla., Ark., Tenn., and the states along the Gulf of Mexico
noun
5. Dialectal
southerner (sense 2)
Word origin
ME < OE suthern
Examples of 'southern' in a sentence
southern
This has changed the snow emphasis to southern and eastern parts of Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There will be no proper election in large parts of southern Afghanistan.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Meanwhile, something was happening on the southern tip of the island.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Improved transport links should boost its appeal as a commuter town as rush-hour traffic in the southern part of the city can be heavy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Has a southern English accent.
The Sun (2010)
Balance speaks in a soft southern African accent while insisting he feels very English.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The family lived in a comfortable flat near the southern tip of Manhattan Island.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
In so doing, we swing within two miles of a fourth island's southern tip.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Instead, he promised to help her to resolve an issue over a building permit in the southern city of Bari.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This beautiful hotel is like an oasis in the desert, between capital Palma and the southern tip of the island.
The Sun (2014)
Unusually, the heaviest rains targeted southern and eastern regions, which have been the drier parts of the country this summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But the two men sounded a cautious note over a swift withdrawal of British servicemen and women from the southern city of Basra.
The Sun (2006)
At the same time, parts of southern England were struck by a freak ice storm that encased the landscape in thick ice.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They joined geese in wet fields around the coasts of southern England that had arrived earlier, and some of them came further inland.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
southern
British English: southern /ˈsʌðən/ ADJECTIVE
Southern means in or from the south of a region or country.
...the southern hemisphere.
American English: southern
Arabic: جَنُوبِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: sulista
Chinese: 南方的
Croatian: južni
Czech: jižní
Danish: sydlig
Dutch: zuidelijke
European Spanish: del sur
Finnish: eteläinen
French: austral
German: südlich
Greek: νότιος
Italian: meridionale
Japanese: 南の
Korean: 남쪽의
Norwegian: sørlig
Polish: południowy
European Portuguese: sulista
Romanian: sudic
Russian: южный
Latin American Spanish: del sur
Swedish: sydlig
Thai: ในทางภาคใต้
Turkish: güney
Ukrainian: південний
Vietnamese: ở phương nam
All related terms of 'southern'
Southern Alps
a mountain range in New Zealand , on South Island : the highest range in Australasia . Highest peak : Aoraki-Mount Cook , 3724 m (12 217 ft)
Southern blot
a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract , as in testing for a mutation or a virus : DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes , separated by gel electrophoresis , transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe
Southern Bug
a river in E Europe , rising in W Ukraine and flowing southeast to the Dnieper estuary and the Black Sea. Length : 853 km (530 miles)
southern edge
The edge of something is the place or line where it stops , or the part of it that is furthest from the middle.
Southern Cross
a small conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere lying in the Milky Way near Centaurus . The four brightest stars form a cross, the longer arm of which points to the south celestial pole
Southern Crown
the the constellation Corona Australis
Southern-fried
(of meats, esp chicken ) dipped in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs and deep-fried
Southern Gothic
a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
southern lights
→ aurora australis
Southern Ocean
that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia
Southern Sotho
the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho : an official language of Lesotho
Southern Stars
the Australian women’s national cricket team
Southern Ireland
an island off NW Europe: separated from Great Britain by the North Channel , the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel; contains large areas of peat bog , with mountains that rise over 900 m (3000 ft) in the southwest and several large lakes . It was conquered by England in the 16th and early 17th centuries and ruled as a dependency until 1801, when it was united with Great Britain until its division in 1921 into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland
Southern Rhodesia
→ Zimbabwe
Southern Rhodesian
of or relating to the former Southern Rhodesia ( now Zimbabwe ) or its inhabitants
Southern Sporades
a group of Greek islands in the Aegean , including the Dodecanese, lying off the SW coast of Turkey
Southern Uplands
a hilly region extending across S Scotland : includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
southern fur seal
an Australasian seal , Arctocephalus forsteri
southern hemisphere
that half of the earth lying south of the equator
Southern British English
the dialect of spoken English regarded as standard in England and considered as having high social status in comparison with other British English dialects. Historically, it is derived from the S East Midland dialect of Middle English
bug
A bug is an insect or similar small creature .
bald cypress
a North American deciduous coniferous tree, Taxodium distichum, that grows in swamps and sends up aerial roots from its base
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars
the Australian women’s national cricket team
coalsack
a sack in which coal is carried
Great Zimbabwe
a country in SE Africa, formerly a self-governing British colony founded in 1890 by the British South Africa Company, which administered the country until a self-governing colony was established in 1923; joined with Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia ) and Nyasaland (now Malawi ) as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1953 to 1963; made a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) under the leadership of Ian Smith in 1965 on the basis of White minority rule; proclaimed a republic in 1970; in 1976 the principle of Black majority rule was accepted and in 1978 a transitional government was set up; gained independence under Robert Mugabe in 1980; effectively a one-party state since 1987; a member of the Commonwealth until 2003, when it withdrew as a result of conflict with other members. Languages: Shona, Ndebele , and English, with thirteen other official languages. Religion : Christian majority. Currency : Zimbabwean dollar . Capital: Harare . Pop: 16 529 904 (2017 est). Area: 390 624 sq km (150 820 sq miles)
S hemisphere
southern hemisphere
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
a French overseas territory, comprising Adélie Land in Antarctica , the islands of Amsterdam and St Paul and the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelagos in the S Indian Ocean , and (from 2007), the Îles Éparses (" scattered islands") previously administered from Réunion, consisting of Bassas da India, Europa , the Glorioso Islands (Îles Glorieuses), Juan de Nova , and Tromelin Island; no permanent population : all claims to the mainland of Antarctica are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
SBE
Southern British English
Sesotho
the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho : an official language of Lesotho