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southern

[suhth-ern] / ˈsʌð ərn /


ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the south
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On Tuesday, Israel ramped up strikes on Tyre, a city that before the war was home to about 100,000 people and considered southern Lebanon’s economic heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

But Tehran drew a red line on the Dahiyeh, the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah holds sway.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The earthquake saw thousands of people ordered to evacuate in coastal areas of the southern Philippines and neighbouring Indonesia as tsunami warnings were issued by multiple countries and a regional warning centre.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

La Niña typically brings wetter conditions to parts of Australia, Indonesia and equatorial South America, and drier conditions to the southern US.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

To inform the public, they circulated thousands of bold leaflets throughout Munich and other towns in southern Germany.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti



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