south·land
| \ ˈsau̇th-ˌland
, -lənd\
, -lənd\
Definition of southland
: land in the south : the south of a country
Examples of southland in a Sentence
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This big beetle is killing palms, especially Canary Island date palms across the southland. — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, "September gardening: 22 things to do this month," 5 Sep. 2019 At the same time, invasive species from the southlands are migrating north so fast our fish and game laws don't know how to keep up. — Alaska Dispatch News, "Alaska stewardship demands transition from fossil fuels," 13 Aug. 2017 In the southland area, the move will affect stores at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park and Chicago Ridge Mall in Chicago Ridge, and at Southlake Mall in northwest Indiana. — Bob Bong, Daily Southtown, "Which Wich opens in Mokena," 1 Aug. 2017 As if celebrating the end of California’s epic drought, vast expanses of wildflowers covered swaths of the Central Valley and southland deserts this spring. — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, "Spectacular Sierra wildflowers will bloom through August. Here’s where to find them," 28 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'southland.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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