South
Below Mason-Dixon
The South typically refers to the southern region of a country, especially the southeastern United States with its distinct history and culture: She grew up in the South, Southern hospitality.
During the American Civil War, the South meant the Confederate states.
In global contexts, the South or Global South refers to developing nations, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. (Lowercase south is the direction.)
Nickname for Confederate states
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
magnolia · barbecue · jambalaya · gumbo · bluegrass · Cajun · Creole · Delta
Generous treatment of guests
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
- accentRegional speech pattern
- charmAttractive personal quality
- belleReigning social beauty
gentleman · bourbon · sweet tea · grits · soul food · blues · country · gospel
Becoming more advanced
- emergingComing into view
- BRICSEmerging market coalition
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- equatorialOf Earth's central line
tropical · postcolonial · sovereignty · solidarity · economic · nations · advocacy · disparity
Dixie
Nickname for Confederate states
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
bayou · magnolia · barbecue · jambalaya · gumbo · bluegrass · Cajun · Creole · Delta · Everglades
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
- accentRegional speech pattern
- charmAttractive personal quality
belle · gentleman · bourbon · sweet tea · grits · soul food · blues · country · gospel · porch
developing
Becoming more advanced
- emergingComing into view
- BRICSEmerging market coalition
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
equatorial · tropical · postcolonial · sovereignty · solidarity · economic · nations · advocacy · disparity · resources
Antarctic
Southern polar region
- poleCylindrical shaft or extremity
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- PatagoniaSouth America's southern tip
Cape Town · Cape Horn · Tasmania · Tierra del Fuego · tropics · Oceania
- US geographystates, capitals, state boundaries, state lines, regions
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Sun Belt
- Census RegionsMidwest, West, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific
- BrazilRio, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Amazon River
- sailing booksMoby Dick, Kon-Tiki, The Perfect Storm, Master and Commander, The Sea Wolf
- Antebellum Americaantebellum era, Compromise of 1850, sectionalism, states' rights, Fugitive Slave Act
SouthNorth
Specific regional designation
Northern Hemisphere · northern · northward · northbound · northerly
SouthNorth
Specific regional designation
Yankees · free states · Yankee · Union Army
- South AmericaWestern Hemisphere's southern continent
- South BeachMiami's iconic oceanfront district
- South KoreaEast Asian peninsular democracy
- down southToward southern regions
- gone southDeteriorated significantly
- headed southDeclining or moving downward
southern, southward, southerly, southbound, South America, southerner, southwards, southland, Southland