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Upper South

Upper South proper noun: the northern part of the South (Southern United States), typically consisting of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma, sometimes also inclusive of southern Missouri, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, eastern/southern/western Maryland, and southern Delaware.

Proper noun

Upper South

  1. The northern part of the South (Southern United States), typically consisting of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma, sometimes also inclusive of southern Missouri, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, eastern/southern/western Maryland, and southern Delaware.
    • Holonyms: South < United States, United States of America, U.S., US, USA < North America < Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
  2. In the American Civil War, those Confederate states which did not secede until after Fort Sumter: Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Upper South meaning in Vietnamese

Upper South in Vietnamese

northern part of the South
Thượng Nam

Questions about Upper South

What does Upper South mean?
Upper South means the northern part of the South (Southern United States), typically consisting of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma, sometimes also inclusive of southern Missouri, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, eastern/southern/western Maryland, and southern Delaware.
What is Upper South in Vietnamese?
Upper South in Vietnamese is Thượng Nam. See Upper South meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Upper South?
Upper South is a proper noun.

Words near Upper South in the dictionary

  1. Upper Silesia
  2. upper sixth
  3. Upper Slaughter
  4. Upper Sorbian
  5. Upper Soudley
  6. Upper South
  7. Upper Southampton
  8. upper storey
  9. upper storeys
  10. upper stories
  11. upper story

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