"Upper South" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Upper South}} Upper South
  1. The northern part of the South (Southern United States), typically consisting of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma, sometimes also inclusive of southern Missouri, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, eastern/southern/western Maryland, and southern Delaware. Wikidata QID: Q1399638 Related terms: Deep South [comeronym], Old South [comeronym], Southeast [comeronym], Deep South Translations (northern part of the South): Wyższe Południe [neuter] (Polish), Thượng Nam (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Upper_South-en-name-en:Q1399638 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Geographic and cultural areas of the United States Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Geographic and cultural areas of the United States: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'northern part of the South': 95 5
  2. In the American Civil War, those Confederate states which did not secede until after Fort Sumter: Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
    Sense id: en-Upper_South-en-name-KiI-e1CM Categories (other): American Civil War Disambiguation of American Civil War: 25 75
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