English Explanatory Dictionary

southern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

noun

Synonym of southerner.

adj

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 portions of some other states (e.g., Southern California), or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.

name

A surname.
Ellipsis of Southern Comfort.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌðən/ /ˈsʌðɚn/ sŭth′ərn /ˈsaʊðɚn/ south′ərn /ˈsaʊ.təɹn/ en-us-southern.ogg en-ca-southern.ogg /ˈsʌð.ən/ /ˈsʌð.ɚn/

Word forms

southern more southern most southern southernmost southerns Sotheran Sothern Sotheron Southan Southerin Southon Southorn Sudran Sudron Sutherin Suthern Sutherns Suthren

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

northern boreal septentrional

Related words

eastern western oriental occidental

Derived words

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 southern king crab southern lady's slipper southern lamprey southern lapwing Southern Leyte southern lights southern litter skink southernly southern magnolia southern mahogany southern masked weaver Southern Midlands Southern Mongolia southernmost southernness Southern Ocean southern pig-tailed macaque Southern Region Southern Rhodesia southern school whiting

Translations

Albanian: jugor Arabic: جَنُوبِيّ Armenian: հարավային Azerbaijani: cənubi Azerbaijani: güney Basque: hegoaldeko Belarusian: паўднёвы Bengali: দক্ষিণ Bulgarian: ю́жен Burmese: တောင် Catalan: austral Catalan: meridional Hakka Chinese: 南方 Hakka Chinese: 南 Chinese: 南方 Chinese: 南 Chinese Mandarin: 南方 Chinese Mandarin: 南 Czech: jižní Danish: sydlig Dutch: zuid Dutch: zuidelijk Egyptian: rsw-y:N21 Esperanto: suda Estonian: lõunamaine Estonian: lõuna- Faroese: syðri Finnish: eteläinen Finnish: etelä- French: austral French: méridional French: sud Georgian: სამხრეთული Georgian: სამხრეთიდან Georgian: სამხრეთის Georgian: სამხრეთისა German: südlich German: Süd- Greek: νότιος Ancient Greek: νοτερός Hebrew: דְּרוֹמִי Hindi: दक्षिणी Hungarian: déli Ido: australa Ido: sudala Ingrian: lounain Interlingua: meridional Interlingua: del sud Irish: deisceartach Italian: meridionale Japanese: 南 Kazakh: оңтүстік Khmer: ខាងត្បូង Korean: 남쪽의 Northern Kurdish: başûrî Kyrgyz: түштүктүк

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