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Definition of South-central

1. Adjective. Situated in the southern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region. "South-central London"

2. Adjective. Being in or of a region of the United States including the states of the lower Mississippi valley and east of the Rio Grande.

Lexicographical Neighbors of South-central

soutache soutaches soutage soutane soutanes soutar soutars souteneurs souter souterly

souterrain souterrains souters south south-central (current term) south-east south-eastern south-polar south-pole south-seeking pole

south-south-east south-south-west south-southeast south-southwest south-west south-western south Australia south africa south american blastomycosis

Literary usage of South-central

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"KAFIR-CORN, Indian millet (Sorghum vu.lga.re~) extensively cultivated by the half- civilized negroes of south-central Africa. It is called kaoliang by the ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"JOURNEYS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA. of the country brought to Ins mind a story told him by Mr. Grant Duff. That gentleman was standing upon a ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1894)
"BIRDS OF south-central MONTANA. ... It lies along the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains, in the south-central portion of this great State. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1882)
"Geographical Excursions in South Central Madagascar. By the Eev. WILLIAM DEANS COWAN. (Bead at the Evening Meeting, June 12th, 1882.) Ilap, p. 584. ..."

5. Poverty and Dependency: Their Relief and Prevention by John Lewis Gillin (1921)
"Then came in order the East North Central, West North Central, New England, South Atlantic, Pacific, Mountain, West South Central, and East South Central. ..."

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