southern

[suhth-ern] / ˈsʌð ərn /

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in the south adj.
pertaining to the south adj.

ADJECTIVE

in the south

Synonyms

WEAK

austral from the south meridional of the south southerly toward the south

Antonyms

WEAK

northern

ADJECTIVE

pertaining to the south

Synonyms

WEAK

austral meridional midi southerly

Antonyms

WEAK

northern

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southern

China's state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday that experts had said "a glacier on the southern slope of Lirung Peak in Nepal" fractured, triggering an ice-rock avalanche.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

But the task is complicated by the fact that risks are dispersed across the Himalayas, while a 2015 earthquake destabilized many rock masses on the southern slopes, the embassy said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Monday will be a blustery day more widely across the UK, but again it will be southern areas seeing the strongest gusts - generally 30-40mph.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“Rice in southern and southeast Asia is the big one,” said Andrew Watkins, a climate scientist at Monash University in Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Kiev was up at the top, and down below, on the southern shores of the Black Sea, was Rûm.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack