Definition of 'southern'
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
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.
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adjective
2.
from the south
a southern wind
3. US; [usually S-]
of or characteristic of the South
noun
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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
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