southernmost

adjective

south·​ern·​most ˈsə-t͟hərn-ˌmōst How to pronounce southernmost (audio)
: furthest to the south
… the world's southernmost range of polar bears …Will Ferguson
By the time they reached their final destination, Cabo San Pío, the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego, they had seen pretty much everything.Lucas Pollock

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Bringing Snow and Ice to Over a Dozen States Winter storm warnings and advisories are in effect from the southernmost part of Texas to the Carolinas, according to the National Weather Service. Abigail Adams, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025 There were no civilians to be seen when the IDF invited NBC News to Gaza's southernmost city in September. Sean Nevin, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025 Part of the southernmost Caribbean nation, Tobago is a tropical paradise that is relatively undiscovered by tourists and investors when compared to Trinidad, its larger sister island. Tobago House Of Assembly, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025 Located in Hobe Sound at the southernmost tip of the Indian River Lagoon, the Blowing Rocks Preserve is a sanctuary for sea turtles including loggerhead, green, and leatherback. Kara Franker, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for southernmost 

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of southernmost was in 1591

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“Southernmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southernmost. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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