Southern Definition

sŭthərn
adjective
In, of, to, toward, or facing the south.
Webster's New World
Coming from the south.
Southern breezes.
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Native to or growing in the south.
American Heritage
From the south.
A southern wind.
Webster's New World
Of or characteristic of the South.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Southern

  • From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make"), from Proto-Germanic *sunþra (“southwards"), from Proto-Indo-European *sun-, *swen- (“sun"). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern"), Old Frisian sÅ«thern, sÅ«dern (“southern"), Middle Low German sÅ«dern (“southern"), Middle High German sundern (“southern"), Icelandic súðrænn (“southern, tropical"). More at south.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English southerne from Old English sūtherne sāwel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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