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Southern United States (general region) |
Note: In its broadest sense, it refers to states south of the Mason-Dixon Line and Ohio River, which was the boundary between opposing states in the Civil War. In this sense, it includes Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. In more common modern usage, it excludes Maryland, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Texas. |
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| Southern United States (preferred,C,V)
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| United States, Southern (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Southern States (C,V)
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| Etats-Unis du Sud (C,O,French,U,N)
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