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Definition of the Deep South noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Deep South noun  /ðə ˌdiːp ˈsaʊθ/  /ðə ˌdiːp ˈsaʊθ/[singular] jump to other results

1. the southern states of the US, especially Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and South CarolinaCultureThey are among the states that once kept people as slaves and left the Union during the American civil war.

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