Definition of "southland" [southland]

• A region in the south of a country or an area. (noun)

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• "This first day of their pilgrimage into the southland was a day of glory from its beginning until the setting of the sun."
• "That they were defending their homeland from the dreaded Yankee invaders, who were coming to take over the southland."
• "Sometimes, when a soft southland dog went down, shrieking its death-cry under the fangs of the pack, this man would be unable to contain himself, and would leap into the air and cry out with delight."