southern

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Situated in, toward, or facing the south.
2. adj. Coming from the south: southern breezes.
3. adj. Native to or growing in the south.
4. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of southern regions or the South.
5. adj. Being south of the equator.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of or pertaining to the south, or a region, place, or point which is nearer the south than some other region, place, or point indicated; situated in the south; specifically, in the United States, belonging to those States or that part of the Union called the South (see south, n., 3). Abbreviated S.
2. Directed or leading toward the south or a point near it: as, to steer a southern course.
3. Coming from the south; southerly: as, a southern breeze.
4. n. A native or an inhabitant of the south, of a southern country, or of the southern part of a country. Compare southron.
5. Same as south, 1, or souther.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
2. adj. Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
3. adj. Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
2. n. rare A Southerner.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. situated in or oriented toward the south
2. adj. from the south; used especially of wind
3. adj. situated in or coming from regions of the south
4. adj. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line