southernmost
adjective
south·ern·most
ˈsə-t͟hərn-ˌmōst 
: furthest to the south
… the world's southernmost range of polar bears …—
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Will FergusonBy 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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Most people who fled their homes are now in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
This group of more than 1,700 islands located off the southern tip of Florida is divided into the Upper, Middle, and Lower Keys and stretches to the southernmost city in the continental United States: Key West.
—Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
Israel this week inched closer to initiating an incursion into the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip.
—NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Netanyahu in response said the American president was wrong in his assessment and fiercely defended his policies in Gaza, especially a looming ground operation into the southernmost city of Rafah that Biden and other world leaders have warned against.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Seedlings from southernmost Minnesota or northern Iowa, for example, would be designated as red.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
It is located in the Mediterranean Sea and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
Netanyahu, however, maintains that victory would come just weeks after an invasion of Rafah, the southernmost city in Rafah.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
View real artifacts from the shipwreck Isaac Allerton, which sunk in 1856, then climb up the 65-foot lookout tower for a spectacular view of the southernmost key.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
This group of more than 1,700 islands located off the southern tip of Florida is divided into the Upper, Middle, and Lower Keys and stretches to the southernmost city in the continental United States: Key West.
—Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
Israel this week inched closer to initiating an incursion into the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip.
—NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Netanyahu in response said the American president was wrong in his assessment and fiercely defended his policies in Gaza, especially a looming ground operation into the southernmost city of Rafah that Biden and other world leaders have warned against.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Seedlings from southernmost Minnesota or northern Iowa, for example, would be designated as red.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
It is located in the Mediterranean Sea and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
Netanyahu, however, maintains that victory would come just weeks after an invasion of Rafah, the southernmost city in Rafah.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
View real artifacts from the shipwreck Isaac Allerton, which sunk in 1856, then climb up the 65-foot lookout tower for a spectacular view of the southernmost key.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1591, in the meaning defined above
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