Southernadj/ˈsʌð.ən/

• 1

  From or pertaining to the southern part of any region.

• 2

  From or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, southern portions of some other states (e.g., Southern California), or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.

  • But although Southern cooking makes use of a cornucopia of vegetables, it also typically includes generous portions of meat and fried chicken. Even vegetable dishes and breads are often cooked with animal fat: Greens are fried in bacon grease […]
  • Southern cooking makes its presence felt throughout the northern half of the state. Vegetables such as okra, collard greens, black-eyed peas, fried green tomatoes, and fried eggplant are added to staples such as fried chicken, roast beef, and hogjaw — meat from the mouth of a pig.

Southernname/ˈsʌð.ən/

• 1

  A surname.

southernadj/ˈsʌðən/

• 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.

  • The southern climate.
  • From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
• 3

  Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

southernnoun/ˈsʌðən/

• 1

  Synonym of southerner.

  • Force prevails most with the northerns, reason with the inhabitants of a temperate or middle climate, superstition with the southerns; thus astrology, magic, and all mysterious sciences have come from the Chaldeans and Egyptians.
  • The peace which the French leaguers made soon after with Louis XL, for money and offices, did not satisfy the southerns, whose views in this patriotic war had been wholly different.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Southern Comfort