Southland

See also: southland

English

Etymology

From south +‎ -land.

Proper noun

Southland

  1. A region in the far south of the South Island of New Zealand, which includes Fiordland and Stewart Island.
    1. A territorial authority which includes the majority of Southland region; in full, Southland District.
  2. The American South: a geographic region approximately consisting of the states in the southeast quadrant of the United States.
    • 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, “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: a geographic region constituting the portion of California approximately south of the Bay Area.
  4. An unincorporated community in Garza County, Texas, United States.

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