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