Southern /(?; 277)/

South·ern

Southern

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.

Phrases & Compounds
Southern Cross
a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross.
Southern Fish
a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut.
Southern States
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.

Southern

n.
  1. A Southerner. [R.]