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Meaning of southern

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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