Southland
Below the Mason-Dixon
Southland refers to specific southern regions treated as proper geographic entities.
In the United States, it commonly denotes Southern California: Southland temperatures will reach the nineties this weekend.
New Zealand has a Southland region at the bottom of the South Island.
The word often appears in business names evoking regional identity: Southland Corporation, Southland Mall. (Lowercase southland is the generic term for any southern region.)
Secessionist Southern government
- AntebellumBefore the conflict
- ReconstructionPost-1865 national reunification period
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- CottonInherited family name
mint julep · Cajun · Creole · bayou · banjo · fiddle · moonshine · Mason-Dixon
Generous treatment of guests
- accentRegional speech pattern
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
- porchCovered entryway structure
- sweet teaChilled, sugared leaf infusion
grits · barbecue · crawfish · beignet · collards · pecan · cornbread · fried chicken
Confederacy
Secessionist Southern government
- AntebellumBefore the conflict
- ReconstructionPost-1865 national reunification period
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
Cotton · mint julep · Cajun · Creole · bayou · banjo · fiddle · moonshine · Mason-Dixon · Gone with the Wind
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
- accentRegional speech pattern
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
- porchCovered entryway structure
sweet tea · grits · barbecue · crawfish · beignet · collards · pecan · cornbread · fried chicken · country ham
geography
Study of places
- terrainLand's physical features
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
subtropical · humid · coastal · piedmont · lowlands · highlands · valley · plateau · delta · swampland
homeland
One's native land
bedrock · heritage · ancestry · identity · belonging · cradle · foundation · native · homeplace · kinfolk
- Crime TVCriminal Minds, Chicago PD, Hawaii Five-O, Columbo, Kojak
- Southern PlacesDixie, Patagonia, Antarctica
- New Zealand placesAuckland, Napier, Canterbury, Hastings, Wellington
- South IslandChristchurch, Queenstown, Dunedin, Nelson, Alexandra
- Sports Divisionsdivision one, division two, NFC, AFC, American League
- ShannaraDruids, Bremen, Catania, Eastland, Northland
land, south, lands, landscape, southern, Southern, southerly, southbound, southeastern