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1. In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
   "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations"
    
2. Situated in or oriented toward the south
   "a southern exposure"
   - southerly
    
3. Situated in or coming from regions of the south
   "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations"
    
4. From the south; used especially of wind
   "southern breezes"
   - southerly

Derived forms: southernest, southerner

See also: austral, Confederacy, Confederate, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, gray [US], grey [Brit, Cdn], meridional, South, south-central, southernness

Antonym: northern

Encyclopedia: Southern Southern, Eileen Southern, Louisiana