Thesaurus: southern

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
2. n. A Southerner.
3. adj. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
4. adj. situated in or oriented toward the south
5. adj. situated in or coming from regions of the south
6. adj. from the south; used especially of wind
7. Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. -- Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. A Southerner. [R.]
8. Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from,the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross(Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containingseveral bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross.-- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southernhemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut.-- Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the AmericanUnion lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas,Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being aslave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.
9. j:100 a. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line a. situated in or coming from regions of the south