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southern |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Southern \South"ern\, n. A Southerner. [R.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s??ern. See {South}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: southern adj 1: in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line "Southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations" [ant: {northern}] 2: situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course" [syn: {southerly}] 3: situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations" [ant: {northern}] 4: from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot south wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" [syn: {southerly}]
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