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Southern

Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.

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Austral 84% connected

Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean.

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Austral 84% connected

Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean.

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Confederate 84% connected

United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

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Confederate 84% connected

United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

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Gray 84% connected

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…

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Gray 84% connected

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…

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Grey 84% connected

See Gray (the correct orthography).

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Grey 84% connected

See Gray (the correct orthography).

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Meridional 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the meridian.

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Meridional 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the meridian.

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South 84% connected

That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who f…

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South 84% connected

That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who f…

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South 66% connected

That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who f…

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South 66% connected

That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who f…

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Synonym 1

Southerly 92% connected

Southern.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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Northern 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

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Northern 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

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