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Definition of Southmost
1. Adjective. Situated farthest south. "Key West is the southernmost city in the continental United States"
Definition of Southmost
1. a. Farthest toward the south; southernmost.
Definition of Southmost
1. Adjective. Furthest to the south; most southern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Southmost
Literary usage of Southmost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões (1877)
"Bartholomew Diaz, was the first who discovered the southmost point of Africa.
... Diaz, when he related his voyage to John II. called the southmost point ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Tennessee Supreme Court, West Hughes Humphreys (1841)
"Those who held under Montfort's grant had contended for Brashear's line, and
those' who held under Donelson insisted that the southmost line, ..."
3. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged in by Robert Kerr (1824)
"... over the bar there sprung up a breeze of wind at NW, steer'd away S. i E.
for the southmost part of land, which bore S. by E., distant fourteen leagues. ..."
4. A History of the Town of Industry: Franklin County, Maine, from the Earliest by William Collins Hatch (1893)
"Thence south 45 degrees, west 1oo rods to the bounds first mentioned, being nearly
in a. west direction from the southmost point of the northwest part of ..."
5. A History of the Town of Industry: Franklin County, Maine, from the Earliest by William Collins Hatch (1893)
"Thence north 45 degrees, west 163 rods to the southmost corner of lot No. 59.
Thence south 45 degrees, west 200 rods to the southmost corner of lot No. 57. ..."
6. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1877)
"Bartholomew Diaz, was the first who discovered the southmost point of Africa.
... Diaz, when he related his voyage to John II. called the southmost point ..."
7. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões (1877)
"Bartholomew Diaz, was the first who discovered the southmost point of Africa.
... Diaz, when he related his voyage to John II. called the southmost point ..."
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