Southern United States

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cultural region region of the United States

The Southern United States is a culturally distinct region of the country known for its historical ties to the Confederacy, unique traditions in music and cuisine, and a warm climate spanning from the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form Occurrences
Southeastern United States 253
American South 196
United States South 22

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
region of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: the South
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
country United States of America ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
tropical climate (southern Florida and Gulf Coast areas) ⓘ
hasCuisine Cajun cuisine ⓘ
Creole cuisine ⓘ
Southern cuisine ⓘ
barbecue ⓘ
soul food ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition Southern Gothic ⓘ
surface form: Southern Gothic literature

Southern hospitality ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic large African American population ⓘ
strong evangelical Protestant presence ⓘ
hasEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
energy industry ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHistoricalCharacteristic Jim Crow laws ⓘ
antebellum plantation economy ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent American Civil War ⓘ
hasHistoricalMovement American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Movement
hasHistoricalTieTo Confederate States of America ⓘ
hasMajorCity Atlanta ⓘ
Birmingham ⓘ
Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Charlotte

Dallas, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Dallas

Houston ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
surface form: Memphis

Miami ⓘ
Nashville ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
hasMajorMountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Mississippi River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
Tennessee River ⓘ
hasMusicGenre bluegrass ⓘ
blues ⓘ
country music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
hasPoliticalCharacteristic contemporary tendency to vote Republican in federal elections ⓘ
historically Democratic stronghold before mid-20th century realignment ⓘ
hasSportCulture NASCAR auto racing ⓘ
college football ⓘ
hasSubregion Bible Belt ⓘ
Black Belt ⓘ
Deep South ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Coast

Upper South ⓘ
includesState Alabama ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ
Province of Delaware ⓘ
surface form: Delaware

District of Columbia ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
timeZoneIncludes Central Time Zone ⓘ
Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Mountain Time Zone (western Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle)

Referenced by (714)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lonoke County, Arkansas → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Lonoke County, Arkansas → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Louisiana → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Louisville, Georgia → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
McComb, Mississippi, United States → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: McComb, Mississippi
Mississippi → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Monroeville, Alabama → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Montgomery County → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Montgomery County, Georgia
this entity surface form: Southeast United States
New Market → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: New Market, Tennessee
Nickajack Lock → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
subject surface form: Oklahoma City
Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Paint Rock River → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern United States
Port of Tampa → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern United States
Pulaski, Tennessee → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Rankin County → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Savannah → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. South
Savannah metropolitan area → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
Sharpsburg, Georgia → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
Spanishburg, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Tennessee–Alabama border → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
Terrell County, Georgia → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Town of Lake Dallas, Texas → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Town of Providence Village, Texas → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Tuskegee, Alabama, United States → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Tuskegee, Alabama
this entity surface form: American South
U.S. Route 27 Alternate → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
Virginia → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
eastern Oklahoma → locatedInRegion → Southern United States ⓘ
Belk → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
American civil rights movement → location → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Creek War of 1836 → location → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
First Seminole War → location → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
Panic of 1819 → location → Southern United States ⓘ
Trail of Tears → location → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern United States
Def Jam South → locationFocus → Southern United States ⓘ
Embargo Act of 1807 → locationOfEffect → Southern United States ⓘ
First Enforcement Act → locationOfFocus → Southern United States ⓘ
White League → mainRegionOfActivity → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
this entity surface form: American South
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States → mainSubject → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf → mainSubject → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
“An Hour Before Daylight” → mainSubject → Southern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: An Hour Before Daylight
this entity surface form: American South
Life on the Mississippi → mainSubject → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Southern Ladies and Gentlemen → mainSubject → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Dixie County, Florida → namedAfter → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: the cultural region known as "Dixie"
American alligator → nativeTo → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern United States
Florida panther → nativeTo → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern United States
Planera → nativeTo → Southern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Planera aquatica
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
Seminole → nativeTo → Southern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern United States
Ku Klux Klan → notableActivityRegion → Southern United States ⓘ