deep south

Noun deep south has 1 sense

• deep south(n = noun.location) - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery;
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
is a part of south
has parts: al, alabama, camellia state, heart of dixie, empire state of the south, ga, georgia, peach state, la, louisiana, pelican state, magnolia state, mississippi, ms, palmetto state, sc, south carolina