| ANDALUCIA | Autonomous region of southern Spain (33,694 sq miles; pop 8.4 million) (9) |
| ANDALUSIAN | Relating to a region in southern Spain (33,694 sq miles; pop about 7.5 million) (10) |
| RANDSTAD | Large conurbation in the Netherlands (pop about 8.4 million) (8) |
| ANDALUSIA | Region of southern Spain which includes the provinces of Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada, Malaga and Seville (9) |
| PATAGONIA | A large region of southern South America (402,734 sq miles pop about 2 million (9) |
| GIBRALTAR | British overseas territory located on a promontory at the tip of southern Spain (9) |
| LANGUEDOC | Region of southern France adjacent to Roussillon (9) |
| SPRINGBOK | Antelope of semi-desert regions of southern Africa (9) |
| DELSOL | see 12ac, Resort region of southern Spain on the Mediterranean |
| COSTA | Resort region of southern Spain on the Mediterranean (5,3,3) |
| SIBERIA | Remote region of southern Spain and Portugal |
| PUGLIA | A region of southern Italy, (7,474 sq miles; pop about 4 million) (6) |
| COSTADELSOL | Resort region on the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain, chiefly in the province of Malaga (5,3,3) |
| SOL | Costa del ___, resort region on the coast of southern Spain (3) |
| NEGEV | Largely desert region of southern Israel (4,700 sq miles; pop about 630,000) (5) |
| ALGARVE | A region of southern Portugal (1,929 sq miles; pop 500,000 (7) |
| MARBELLA | Coastal resort on the Costa del Sol of southern Spain, in Andalusia (8) |
| HUELVA | Province of southern Spain bordered by Badajoz, Seville and Cadiz (6) |
| FLAMENCO | Traditional music and dance art form of southern Spain (8) |
| AUSONIAE | Of a region of southern Italy, ergo in metonymia, of all Italians |