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southern

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'southern', 'Southern': /ˈsʌðən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsʌðɚn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(suᵺərn)

Collocations for "southern"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "southern" in context.

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southern

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. off the southern [coast, tip] of
  2. the southern side of the [house, property]
  3. the southern [territories, regions, coast, plains] of [Italy]
  4. the southern states of the [USA]
  5. southern [California, England]
  6. [live, work, study] in southern [California]
  7. the Southern Hemisphere
  8. [see, look for] the Southern Cross
  9. has southern [origins, roots]
  10. is southern in origin
  11. a [faint, light, heavy] southern accent
  12. southern [culture, food, music]
'southern' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "southern" in the title:

(the) standard southern British accent - English Only forum
at southerly latitudes vs at southern latitudes - English Only forum
Bless your heart. [southern US - also in other parts?] - English Only forum
box for Southern Counties - English Only forum
Can we analyze “to protect his country's southern border” as the non-finite clause of “the military”? - English Only forum
cities in the south / southern cities - English Only forum
dar, tuk keer, evvy one of ’em [southern US dialect] - English Only forum
Deaffricating /dʒ/ in Southern English, particularly Cockney - English Only forum
draining from the southern highlands into the northern plains - English Only forum
east, central, and southern - English Only forum
going Southern on us - English Only forum
He glanced at it swiftly, with his <hot>, southern blue eyes - English Only forum
He had assumed a stage Southern accent - English Only forum
her Southern roots. - English Only forum
I 'bout died. [southern US] - English Only forum
I done <talked all my lipstick off> [southern US] - English Only forum
I remember watchin' the guys bein' good southern boys - English Only forum
I's a-gonna learn how t'talk right southern - English Only forum
"In 2007, on the southern half or section of the road access, there was a city road running east-west and a hospital road running north-south..." - English Only forum
in east and southern Africa - English Only forum
In time, they moved to the southern state of Texas. - English Only forum
<It makes no nevermind to me> [southern US] - English Only forum
It’s a Southern thing. - English Only forum
jerk you bald-headed [southern US] [+ snatch you baldheaded] - English Only forum
lower vs southern [geography] - English Only forum
made straight <in> for the southern bank - English Only forum
more southern vs further south - English Only forum
name of a dance type gesture common in southern us states - English Only forum
New York Southern Live System - English Only forum
north / northern part> of a country [+ west, western / south, southern / east, eastern ] - English Only forum
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