southern
pronunciation
How to pronounce southern in British English:
UK [ˈsʌðən]
How to pronounce southern in American English:
US [ˈsʌðərn]
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- Adjective:
- in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- situated in or oriented toward the south
- situated in or coming from regions of the south
- from the south; used especially of wind
Word Origin
- southern
- Old English suðerne, from suð "south" (see south) + -erne, suffix denoting direction. A common Germanic compound (Old Frisian suthern, Old Norse suðroenn, Old High German sundroni). The constellation Southern Cross so called in English by 1756.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The studios were all in southern california .
- 2. Most of them came from southern china .
- 3. Today , both northern and southern inhabitants visit the site of pickett 's charge and remember .
- 4. Militants linked to al-qaeda in yemen killed more than 100 people in clashes in southern yemen .
- 5. When she asked for my order , I heard the southern drawl characteristic of eastern north carolina .