southerner

See also: Southerner

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English southern

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English southerner

From southern + -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

southerner (plural southerners)

1. A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.

   Antonym: northerner

2. Alternative letter-case form of Southerner (someone from one of the southeastern United States).

Synonyms

• southron

Translations

someone from the south of a region

• Belarusian: паўднёвік m (pawdnjóvik)
• Bulgarian: южняк m (južnjak)
• Catalan: meridional (ca) m or f, habitant del sud m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南方人 (zh) (nánfāngrén)

• Czech: jižan (cs) m, jižanka f
• Esperanto: sudano, sudulo, sudlandano, sudisto
• Finnish: etelän asukas, etelämaalainen
• French: sudiste (fr) m or f, habitant du sud m, habitante du sud f
• Georgian: სამხრეთელი (samxreteli)
• German: Südländer (de) m, Südländerin (de), Bewohner des Südens m, Bewohnerin des Südens f
• Irish: deisceartach m
• Italian: meridionale (it) (only for Southern Italy)
• Japanese: 南国人 (なんこくじん, nankokujin)
• Polish: osoba z Południa f
• Portuguese: sulista (pt)
• Russian: южа́нин (ru) m (južánin), южа́нка (ru) f (južánka), жи́тель ю́га m (žítelʹ júga), жи́тельница ю́га f (žítelʹnica júga)
• Spanish: sureño (es) m, sureña (es) f
• Swedish: sydbo c
• Welsh: deheuwr (cy) m, deheuwraig f