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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line;
- Example: "southern hospitality"
- Example: "southern cooking"
- Example: "southern plantations"

2. situated in or oriented toward the south;
- Example: "a southern exposure"
- Example: "took a southerly course"
[syn: southerly, southern]

3. situated in or coming from regions of the south;
- Example: "the southern hemisphere"
- Example: "southern constellations"

4. from the south; used especially of wind;
- Example: "a hot southerly wind"
- Example: "southern breezes"
- Example: "the winds are southerly"
[syn: southerly, southern]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Southern \South"ern\, n.
   A Southerner. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[=u][eth]ern. See
   South.]
   Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding
   from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
   [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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,
       southern]
    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 southerly
       wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" [syn:
       southerly, southern]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "southern":
   antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly,
   eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north,
   northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly,
   northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern,
   occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly,
   southeastern, southerly, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly,
   southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost