southern

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

south

southerly

austral

southward

in the south

meridional

Southern

rainbow

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southerner

southernly

southernness

southland

meridian

southwardly

leeward

Sotho

beneath

Translations

südlich

meridionale

meridional

zuidelijk

del sur

sud

méridional

austral

meridional

austral

do sul

νότιος

australe

zuid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌðən/

Etymology

Cognate with Scots: southron

Cognate with Old Frisian: sūthern

Cognate with Middle Low German: sūdern

Cognate with Middle High German: sundern

Cognate with Icelandic: suðrænn

In summary

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”).
By surface analysis, south + -ern.

Sentences

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

Sotavento Region lies on the southern Gulf Coastal Plain .