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Definition of Southernness

1. Noun. The property of being to the south.

Definition of Southernness

1. Noun. the state or quality of being southern ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Southernness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Southernness

Literary usage of Southernness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Questions and Answers in Lethal and Non-Lethal Violence: Proceeding of the edited by Richard L. Block (1994)
"We predicted that "southernness," as measured by the percentage bom in the South, would not significantly influence the LVR for blacks or whites. ..."

2. Trends, Risk, & Interventions in Lethal Violence: Proceedings of the Third edited by Carolyn Block (1995)
"It is also unclear how the Index of southernness could best be updated to consider migration patterns since it was first proposed in the 1970s. ..."

3. The Bookman (1915)
"The whole air was filled with sunset and the sound of bells; and I wish I could give you the least notion of the southernness and ..."

4. Rambles and Studies in Greece by John Pentland Mahaffy (1913)
"After the deep-brown Italian children, which strike the traveller by their southernness all the way from Venice to Reggio, nothing is more curious than ..."

5. Rambles & Studies in Greece by John Pentland Mahaffy (1892)
"After the deep brown Italian children, which strike the traveller by their southernness all the way from Venice to Reggio, nothing is more curious than ..."

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