southland
southland noun: a land that lies to the south.
Noun
southland (plural southlands)
Proper noun capitalized: Southland
Southland
- A region in the far south of the South Island of New Zealand, which includes Fiordland and Stewart Island.
- A territorial authority which includes the majority of Southland region; in full, Southland District.
- The American South: a geographic region consisting of the Upper South and Deep South of the United States.
- Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue [...]1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Big wheels keep on turnin' // Carry me home to see my kin // Singin' songs about the Southland // I miss Alabamy once again, and I think it's a sin1974, Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Sweet Home Alabama”, in Second Helping
- Southern California: a geographic region constituting the portion of California approximately south of the Bay Area.
- An unincorporated community in Garza County, Texas, United States.
- An epoch from 15.9 to 10.9 million years ago, a subdivision of the Neogene.
Antonyms of southland
Forms of southland
| plural | southlands |
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Origin of southland
From south + land.
From south + -land.
Words formed from southland
Questions about southland
- What does southland mean?
- Southland means a land that lies to the south.
- What part of speech is southland?
- Southland can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of southland?
- The plural of southland is southlands.
Words near southland in the dictionary
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