Northern and Southern

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Northern adjective - Situated in or coming from regions of the north.

Usage example: northern autumn colors

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Southern is an antonym for northern in topics: northerly, pertaining to the north.

Southern adjective - Situated in or coming from regions of the south.

Usage example: southern constellations

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Northern is an antonym for southern in topics: in the south, pertaining to the south.

Similarly, differences between the northern and southern Jewish kingdoms are thought to explain the story of the Jewish Exodus.

Source: Dated History
Incidentally, this put Baltimore and Maryland as a whole into an odd little identity crisis over whether it was a northern or southern state.

Source: Useful Notes / Baltimore
Beyond that, the northern and southern parts of the state are always arguing over who gets the water.

Source: Useful Notes / California

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