Adjective
1. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line;
"southern hospitality""southern cooking""southern plantations"2. situated in or oriented toward the south;
"a southern exposure""took a southerly course"3. situated in or coming from regions of the south;
"the southern hemisphere""southern constellations"4. from the south; used especially of wind;
"a hot south wind""southern breezes""the winds are southerly"