Southern and Yankee

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Southern

Southern adjective - In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line.
Usage example: southern cooking
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Yankee is an antonym for southern.
Nearby Words: south, southerly, southward, souther, southwards

Yankee

Yankee adjective - Used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
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Southern is an antonym for Yankee.
Nearby Word: yank
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  • You Are What You Hate Extremely southern Blanchenote who does not actually hate Yankees (or Jews) from The Golden Girls discovers when attempting to join "The Daughters of the South" (an expy for "Daughters of the Confederacy") that not only is her great-grandmother a Yankee from Buffalo NY, but was nee Feldman.
    Source: You Are What You Hate
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