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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