Southern

Southern
noun Date: 1935 the dialect of English spoken in most of the Chesapeake Bay area, the coastal plain and the greater part of the upland plateau in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and the Gulf states at least as far west as the valley of the Brazos in Texas and sometimes taken to include the south Midland area

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  • Southern — (englisch für „südlich“) steht für: Southern (Bahnbetriebsgesellschaft), derzeitige Eisenbahngesellschaft im Vereinigten Königreich Southern Blot, eine molekularbiologische Methode zum Nachweis spezifischer DNA Sequenzen in einem DNA Gemisch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Southern —   [ sʌȓən], Terry, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Alvarado (Texas) 1. 5. 1924, ✝ New York (N.Y.) 30. 10. 1995; in seinen satirischen Romanen haben schwarzer Humor, absurd groteske und scheinbar pornographische Situationen und Charaktere v. a.… …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Southern — South ern, n. A Southerner. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Southern — The name Southern has applied to a number of things over the years, and may refer to:Education* Southern University, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. * Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. * Southern …   Wikipedia

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