southern
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,788 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,954 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line southern hospitalitysouthern cooking
- situated in or oriented toward the south also: southerly a southern exposuretook a southerly course
- situated in or coming from regions of the south the southern hemispheresouthern constellations
- from the south; used especially of wind also: southerly a hot southerly windsouthern breezes
southern in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The Volsciana lived in the southern part of Latium.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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During the slave regime, the Southern white man owned the Negro body and soul.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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The north wind then carried his ships to Malea, the extreme southern point of Greece.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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She would soon get well, they said; and she could then go to finish her convalescence in some southern city.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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These two divisions, the northern district and the southern district, have thus no longer anything in common except in an administrative way.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1