southern

Senso

Adj

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
2. Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
3. Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

Noun

Synonym of southerner

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsʌðən/

Etimologia

From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz (“southern”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂un-, *sh₂wen-, r/n-stem alternation of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern”), Old Frisian sūthern, sūdern (“southern”), Middle Low German sūdern (“southern”), Middle High German sundern (“southern”), Icelandic suðrænn (“southern, tropical”).
Morphologically south + -ern.

Frasi

The Wisconsin River runs along the southern edge of the village .

Il fiume Wisconsin corre lungo il bordo meridionale del villaggio.

Sotavento Region lies on the southern Gulf Coastal Plain .

La regione di Sotavento si trova sulla pianura costiera del Golfo meridionale.