Meanings
plural southsides · alternative south side · alternative Southside
- The southern side of a building, street, city, area, etc.
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.
2015, Dale A. Dye, Run Between the Raindrops: Author's Preferred Edition2 more examples
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.
1999, Brendan O'Carroll, The MammyWhile 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.
2012, Robert B. Stepto, A Home Elsewhere: Reading African American Classics in the Age of Obama
Origin
Translations
Dutch zuidkant, zuidzijde
- zuidkantthe southern side of a building, street, area, etc.
- zuidzijdethe southern side of a building, street, area, etc.
- zuiderzijdethe southern side of a building, street, area, etc.
Cite this entry
southside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southside
“southside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southside. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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