ˈsau̇thˌland, -ˌlaa(ə)nd, -_lənd noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūthland, from sūth south + land — more at south , land
: land in the south : the south of a country
most of Chile's hundred thousand Germans live in … her southland — Hubert Herring
specifically : deep south
bands from the southland begin to jazz up their dance numbers — A.C.E.Schonemann