Southern
from
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}]
from
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]
from
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
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