"Southern United States" meaning in All languages combined

See Southern United States on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Southern United States}} Southern United States
  1. An expansive region encompassing the southeastern and south-central part of the United States, typically defined as including the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Virginia, sometimes also Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and Missouri. Wikipedia link: United States Census Bureau Categories (place): Regions of the United States Synonyms: American South, Dixie [informal], the South

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