the Deep South

noun

: the states in the most southern and eastern part of the U.S. and especially Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi

Examples of the Deep South in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Parts of seven states in the central U.S., from Nebraska and south to Texas (and Oklahoma), were under a tornado watch while severe thunderstorms are expected across the Deep South and the Tennessee Valley on May 20 until midway through the week. —Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 20 May 2025

Parts of the Deep South, including most of Louisiana, southeastern Mississippi and eastern Texas, face the greatest threat for flash flooding. —Shawnie Caslin Martucci, ABC News, 6 May 2025

Experts are wondering why In the Deep South, health care fights echo civil rights battles Business Could the last Sears store in South Florida disappear? —South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025

New Orleans had the largest market for enslaved people in the Deep South. —Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

Rhymes for the Deep South

• drouth
• mouth
• routh