Southern
Southern (?; 277) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon sūeern. See South.]
Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
Collocations (3)
Southern Cross (Astronomy) , a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross.
Southern Fish (Astronomy) , a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut.
Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geography) , 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.
Southern , noun
A Southerner. [Rare]