southside
/ˈsaʊθˌsaɪd/
southside noun: the southern side of a building, street, city, area, etc.
Noun
southside (plural southsides)
- The southern side of a building, street, city, area, etc.
- The retail section had two divisions - the southside and the northside - with Grafton Street being the main shopping street of the southside, and Henry Street and Moore Street the flagships of the northside.1999, Brendan O'Carroll, The Mammy
- While certain details indicate that this is a black neighborhood up north in a Michigan city, quite possibly Detroit as some have guessed, Morrison is deliberately not specific, allowing us to imagine that the "Southside" in her story could be any of a number of southsides created by the Negro...2012, Robert B. Stepto, A Home Elsewhere: Reading African American Classics in the Age of Obama
Forms of southside
| plural | southsides |
|---|---|
| alternative form | south side |
| alternative form | Southside |
Origin of southside
From south + side.
Words formed from southside
Questions about southside
- What does southside mean?
- Southside means the southern side of a building, street, city, area, etc.
- What part of speech is southside?
- Southside is a noun.
- How do you pronounce southside?
- Southside is pronounced /ˈsaʊθˌsaɪd/.
- What is the plural of southside?
- The plural of southside is southsides.
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