southern

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌðən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈsʌðɚn/
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• Canada, General-American: sŭth′ərn
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• /ˈsaʊðɚn/ rare, parts of Ontario and Canadian Prairies
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• south′ərn rare, parts of Ontario and Canadian Prairies
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• Philippines: /ˈsaʊ.təɹn/
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• Ontario, Canadian-Prairies: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /ˈsʌð.ən/ Received Pronunciation or non-rhotic
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• /ˈsʌð.ɚn/ General American, rhotic
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH1 DH ER0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz (“southern”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh2un-, *sh2wen-, r/n-stem alternation of *sóh2wl̥ (“sun”). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern”), Old Frisian sūthern, sūdern (“southern”), Middle Low German sūdern (“southern”), Middle High German sundern (“southern”), Icelandic suðrænn (“southern, tropical”). By surface analysis, south + -ern.

English surname, from the adjective southern. Often used as a northern English nickname for someone from the south of the country, or as a Scottish nickname for an Englishman.

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: jugor — of the south
• Arabic: جَنُوبِيّ (janūbiyy) — of the south
• Armenian: հարավային (haravayin) — of the south
• Azerbaijani: cənubi — of the south
• Azerbaijani: güney — of the south
• Basque: hegoaldeko — of the south
• Belarusian: паўднёвы (pawdnjóvy) — of the south
• Bengali: দক্ষিণ (dokkhin) — of the south
• Bulgarian: ю́жен (júžen) — of the south
• Burmese: တောင် (taung) — of the south
• Catalan: austral — of the south
• Catalan: meridional — of the south
• Hakka Chinese: 南方 (nàm-fông) — of the south
• Hakka Chinese: 南 (nàm) — of the south
• Chinese: 南方 (lâm-hong) — of the south
• Chinese: 南 (zh-min-nan) — of the south
• Chinese Mandarin: 南方 (nánfāng) — of the south
• Chinese Mandarin: 南 (nán) — of the south
• Czech: jižní — of the south
• Danish: sydlig — of the south
• Dutch: zuid — of the south
• Dutch: zuidelijk — of the south
• Egyptian: rsw-y:N21 (rsj) — of the south
• Esperanto: suda — of the south
• Estonian: lõunamaine — of the south
• Estonian: lõuna- — of the south
• Faroese: syðri — of the south
• Finnish: eteläinen — of the south
• Finnish: etelä- — of the south
• French: austral — of the south
• French: méridional — of the south
• French: sud — of the south
• Georgian: სამხრეთული (samxretuli) — of the south
• Georgian: სამხრეთიდან (samxretidan) — of the south
• Georgian: სამხრეთის (samxretis) — of the south
• Georgian: სამხრეთისა (samxretisa) — of the south
• German: südlich — of the south
• German: Süd- — of the south
• Greek: νότιος (nótios) — of the south
• Ancient Greek: νοτερός (noterós) — of the south
• Hebrew: דְּרוֹמִי (dromí) — of the south
• Hindi: दक्षिणी (dakṣiṇī) — of the south
• Hungarian: déli — of the south
• Ido: australa — of the south
• Ido: sudala — of the south
• Ingrian: lounain — of the south
• Interlingua: meridional — of the south
• Interlingua: del sud — of the south
• Irish: deisceartach — of the south
• Italian: meridionale — of the south
• Japanese: 南 (minami) — of the south
• Kazakh: оңтүстік (oñtüstık) — of the south
• Khmer: ខាងត្បូង (khaang tboung) — of the south
• Korean: 남쪽의 (namjjogui) — of the south
• Northern Kurdish: başûrî — of the south
• Kyrgyz: түштүктүк (tüştüktük) — of the south
• Lao: ໃຕ້ (tai) — of the south
• Latin: merīdiōnālis — of the south
• Latin: austrālis — of the south
• Latvian: dienvidu — of the south
• Lithuanian: pietinis — of the south
• Lithuanian: pietų — of the south
• Macedonian: јужен (južen) — of the south
• Norwegian Bokmål: søndre — of the south
• Norwegian Bokmål: sørlig — of the south
• Norwegian Bokmål: sydlig — of the south
• Occitan: austral — of the south
• Occitan: meridional — of the south
• Pashto: جنوبي (janubi) — of the south
• Pashto: سوهيلي (sohayli) — of the south
• Pashto: سويلي (soeli) — of the south
• Persian: جنوبی (jonubi) — of the south
• Piedmontese: meridional — of the south
• Polish: południowy — of the south
• Portuguese: do sul — of the south
• Portuguese: meridional — of the south
• Portuguese: austral — of the south
• Romanian: sudic — of the south
• Romanian: austral — of the south
• Romanian: meridional — of the south
• Russian: ю́жный (júžnyj) — of the south
• Scots: soothren — of the south
• Scottish Gaelic: deas — of the south
• Scottish Gaelic: a deas — of the south
• Serbo-Croatian: ју̏жнӣ — of the south
• Serbo-Croatian: jȕžnī — of the south
• Slovak: južný — of the south
• Slovene: južen — of the south
• Upper Sorbian: južny — of the south
• Upper Sorbian: połodniši — of the south
• Spanish: del sur — of the south
• Spanish: sureño — of the south
• Spanish: meridional — of the south
• Spanish: austral — of the south
• Swedish: södra — of the south
• Swedish: sydlig — of the south
• Tagalog: katimugan — of the south
• Tajik: ҷанубӣ (janubi) — of the south
• Tatar: көньяк (kön-yaq) — of the south
• Thai: ใต้ (dtâai) — of the south
• Tocharian B: omotruññaiṣṣe — of the south
• Turkish: güney — of the south
• Turkish: güneyli — of the south
• Turkmen: günorta — of the south
• Ukrainian: півде́нний (pivdénnyj) — of the south
• Urdu: جُنُوبی (junubī) — of the south
• Uyghur: جەنۇبىي (jenubiy) — of the south
• Uzbek: janubiy — of the south
• Vietnamese: nam — of the south
• Volapük: sulüdik — of the south
• Welsh: deheuol — of the south
• Yiddish: דרומדיק (doremdik) — of the south
• Armenian: հարավային (haravayin) — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Belarusian: паўднёвы (pawdnjóvy) — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Bulgarian: южня́шки (južnjáški) — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Dutch: zuiders — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Egyptian: rsw-y:N21 (rsj) — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Finnish: eteläinen — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Finnish: etelämaalainen — of or pertaining to a southern region
• French: sudiste — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Georgian: სამხრეთული (samxretuli) — of or pertaining to a southern region
• German: südlich — of or pertaining to a southern region
• German: südländisch — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Hindi: दक्षिणी (dakṣiṇī) — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Hungarian: dél — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Hungarian: déli — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Ido: sudala — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Irish: deisceartach — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Latin: merīdiōnālis — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Latin: austrālis — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Norwegian Bokmål: søndre — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Polish: południowy — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Portuguese: meridional — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Portuguese: do sul/Sul — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Portuguese: sulista — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Romanian: sudic — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Scottish Gaelic: deas — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Scottish Gaelic: a deas — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Spanish: del sur — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Spanish: sureño — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Spanish: meridional — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Spanish: austral — of or pertaining to a southern region
• Yiddish: דרומדיק (doremdik) — of or pertaining to a southern region