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1. WordNet® 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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Southern \South"ern\, n.
   A Southerner. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

3. 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]

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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