Southland

See also: southland

English

Etymology

From south +‎ -land.

Proper noun

Southland

1. A district and region in the far south of the South Island of New Zealand, which includes Fiordland.
2. The American South.
   • 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail:

     Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue [...]

   • 1974, Lynyrd Skynyrd (lyrics and music), “Sweet Home Alabama”, in Second Helping:

     Big wheels keep on turnin' // Carry me home to see my kin // Singin' songs about the Southland // I miss Alabamy once again, and I think it's a sin

   • 1993, Robert C. McMath, American Populism: A Social History 1877-1898, page 158:

     [...] combining in great oratorical flourishes a defense of his beloved Southland against the onslaughts of northern capitalists and a critique of the financial and transportation systems that threatened to impoverish farmers regardless of race [...]

3. Southern California
4. An unincorporated community in Garza County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Southlander

Anagrams

• duathlons