southernPronunciation: /ˈsʌð(ə)n/Translate southern | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of southern adjective 1 [attributive] situated in the south or directed towards or facing the south:the southern hemisphere (of a wind) blowing from the south: the warm southern wind 2living in or originating from the south:the southern rural poor relating to or characteristic of the south or its inhabitants:a faintly southern accentDerivatives southernmost adjective Origin: Old English sūtherne (see south, -ern)southern in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of southern in the US English dictionary
