southern
adjEtymology
From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz (“southern”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂un-, *sh₂wen-, r/n-stem alternation of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern”), Old Frisian sūthern, sūdern (“southern”), Middle Low German sūdern (“southern”), Middle High German sundern (“southern”), Icelandic suðrænn (“southern, tropical”). By surface analysis, south + -ern.
- derived from *sunþrōnijaz✻
- derived from sūþerne
- derived from southerne
Definitions
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United…
Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
- The southern climate.
- A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country.
Of a wind
Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.
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Synonym of southerner.
- Force prevails most with the northerns, reason with the inhabitants of a temperate or middle climate, superstition with the southerns; thus astrology, magic, and all mysterious sciences have come from the Chaldeans and Egyptians.
- The peace which the French leaguers made soon after with Louis XL, for money and offices, did not satisfy the southerns, whose views in this patriotic war had been wholly different.
- This last formed a strong contrast, by its simplicity and its austere bearing, with the old army of Italy, enriched in the beautiful plains which it had conquered, and composed of brave, fiery, and intemperate Southerns.
From or pertaining to the southern part of any region.
From or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, southern…
From or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, southern portions of some other states (e.g., Southern California), or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.
A surname.
Ellipsis of Southern Comfort.
The neighborhood
- synonymsoutherly
- synonymaustral
- synonymmeridional
- antonymnorthern
- antonymboreal
- antonymseptentrional
Derived
Great Southern, nonsouthern, paleosouthern, southern African frilled shark, Southern Alps, southern arrowwood, Southern Athabaskan, southern banjo frog, southern beech, southern belle, southern black tit, southern bottlenose whale, Southern brawl, southern brown bandicoot, southern caracara, southern cassowary, southern common cuscus, southern crested caracara, Southern Cross, southern cypress pine, Southern Denmark, Southern Downs, southern elephant seal, southern fairy, Southern Federal District, southern flying squirrel, Southern Grampians, southern grasshopper mouse, southern green stink bug, southern hairy-nosed wombat, southern hemisphere, Southern Highlands, southernification, southernisation, southernise, southernish, southernism, southernist, southernization, southernize · +39 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for southern. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA