southeasterner
Dixie area native
A southeasterner is a person from the southeastern part of a region or country.
In American usage, it typically refers to someone from the Southeast—states like Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, or Florida: As a southeasterner, she grew up with humid summers and mild winters.
Custom passed through generations
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- barbecueSlow-cook over coals
- soul foodTraditional Black Southern cuisine
jazz · creole · zydeco · gospel · gumbo · crawfish · grits · biscuits
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- dialectRegional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- inflectionWord form alteration
cadence · y'all · fixin' to · colloquialism · idiom · pronunciation · intonation · diction
Of this area
- nativeOriginating from a place
- inhabitantOne who resides somewhere
- residentOne who inhabits
- dwellerOne who resides somewhere
citizen · denizen · townsfolk · settler · homesteader · villager · urbanite · suburbanite
Moisture in atmosphere
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
- sunshineDirect rays from above
- swampsWaterlogged forested wetlands
- bayousMarshy tributary streams
hurricanes · mosquitoes · cicadas · magnolias · azaleas · palm trees · live oaks · Spanish moss
Nickname for Confederate states
- coastalOf the shoreline
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- PiedmontMountain-base territory
- tidewaterOcean-influenced coastal water
delta · Atlantic · Gulf Coast · Bible Belt · Carolina · Georgia · Florida · Alabama
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- barbecueSlow-cook over coals
soul food · jazz · creole · zydeco · gospel · gumbo · crawfish · grits · biscuits · sweet tea
drawl
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- dialectRegional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
inflection · cadence · y'all · fixin' to · colloquialism · idiom · pronunciation · intonation · diction · enunciation
local
Of this area
- nativeOriginating from a place
- inhabitantOne who resides somewhere
- residentOne who inhabits
dweller · citizen · denizen · townsfolk · settler · homesteader · villager · urbanite · suburbanite · ruralite
humidity
Moisture in atmosphere
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
- sunshineDirect rays from above
- swampsWaterlogged forested wetlands
bayous · hurricanes · mosquitoes · cicadas · magnolias · azaleas · palm trees · live oaks · Spanish moss · alligators
Dixie
Nickname for Confederate states
- coastalOf the shoreline
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- PiedmontMountain-base territory
tidewater · delta · Atlantic · Gulf Coast · Bible Belt · Carolina · Georgia · Florida · Alabama · Mississippi
southeasternernorthwesterner
Person from upper-left states
northerner · westerner · northeasterner · southwesterner · easterner
- Southeastern ConferenceSouthern collegiate athletic league
- Southeastern USAtlantic and Gulf states
- southeastern USALower Atlantic coastal region