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Old South

Old South proper noun: those states of the Southern United States that were among the original Thirteen Colonies.

Proper noun

the Old South

  1. (US, historical, usually) Those states of the Southern United States that were among the original Thirteen Colonies.
  2. (US, historical, sometimes) The states which created the Confederacy during the American Civil War, as contrasted with those that joined afterward.

Questions about Old South

What does Old South mean?
Old South means those states of the Southern United States that were among the original Thirteen Colonies.
What part of speech is Old South?
Old South is a proper noun.

Words near Old South in the dictionary

  1. old soul
  2. old souls
  3. Old Sour
  4. old sourdough
  5. old sourdoughs
  6. Old South
  7. Old South Arabian
  8. Old Spanish
  9. Old Sparky
  10. old sport
  11. old sports

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