Southland en · PROPN
Etymology
From south + -land.
Meanings
- A region in the far south of the South Island of New Zealand, which includes Fiordland and Stewart Island.
- A region in the far south of the South Island of New Zealand, which includes Fiordland and Stewart Island. ▸ A territorial authority which includes the majority of Southland region; in full, Southland District.
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The American South: a geographic region consisting of the Upper South and Deep South of the United States.
[…] 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 […]
1993, Robert C. McMath, American Populism: A Social History 1877-1898, page 158:Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue [...]
1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail: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
1974, Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Sweet Home Alabama”, in Second Helping:
- Southern California: a geographic region constituting the portion of California approximately south of the Bay Area.
- An unincorporated community in Garza County, Texas, United States.
- An epoch from 15.9 to 10.9 million years ago, a subdivision of the Neogene.
Deriveds
wikipedia: +, Texas · wikipedia: + District · wikipedia: + Region · wikidata: Q49042