Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

southside

/ˈsaʊθˌsaɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: south-side
IPA: /ˈsaʊθˌsaɪd/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The southern side of a building, street, city, area, etc.

Example Sentences

"The retail section had two divisions - the southside and the northside - with Grafton Street being the main shopping street of the southside, and Henry Street and Moore Street the flagships of the northside."
"While certain details indicate that this is a black neighborhood up north in a Michigan city, quite possibly Detroit as some have guessed, Morrison is deliberately not specific, allowing us to imagine that the "Southside" in her story could be any of a number of southsides created by the Negro migrations, including the southsides we readers may have lived in."
"What is apparently most galling to everyone not directly involved in the dirty fight on the southside of the Perfume River is that rattyass NVA flag still flying defiantly over the Citadel on the northside."

Etymology

From south + side.

Inflected Forms

southsides (plural) south side (alternative)

Derived Forms

Southsider

Frequently Paired Words

northside eastside westside downtown uptown midtown

Questions

How do you pronounce southside?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsaʊθˌsaɪd/.
What does southside mean?: The southern side of a building, street, city, area, etc.
Where does southside come from?: From south + side.

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