south·ern
ˈsə-t͟hərn 
1
capitalized
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated South
2
a
: lying toward the south
b
: coming from the south
a southern wind
: the dialect of English spoken in most of the Chesapeake Bay area, the coastal plain and the greater part of the upland plateau in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and the Gulf states at least as far west as the valley of the Brazos in Texas and sometimes taken to include the south Midland area
Examples of southern in a Sentence
Adjective
the southern part of the state
the southern shore of the lake
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The latest reports came after Copenhagen Airport was forced to close for several hours on Monday night, as was Oslo Airport in southern Norway.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
Crimea struggles The situation seems to be the worst in Crimea, the southern Ukrainian peninsula that Russia illegally annexed in 2014.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Border Patrol encounters along the entire southern border increased nearly 27%, from 4,596 in July to 6,321 in August, the data shows.
—David Ulloa Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Already, Israeli forces have seized and occupied territory in southern Lebanon and in southern Syria.
—Firas Maksad, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Southern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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southern
adjective
south·ern
ˈsət͟h-ərn
1
capitalized
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the South
2
: lying toward or coming from the south
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