southern

adjective

1. in, of, to, toward, or facing the south
2. from the south: a southern wind
3. ☆ of or characteristic of the South
4. ☆ designating a dialect of American English spoken in the Delmarva Peninsula, the Va. Piedmont, E N.C. and S.C., Ga., Fla., Ark., Tenn., and the states along the Gulf of Mexico

noun