Category:Southern

South"ern, a. Etym: [as. s. See south.]

Defn: of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, The south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern cross (astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing Several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- southern fish (astron.), a constelation of the southern Hemisphere (piscis australis) containing the bright star fomalhaut. -- southern states (u.s. Hist. & geog.), 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 South"ern, n.

Defn: a southerner. [r.]