"southern" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They occupied a defensive position behind the River Shannon, of which Limerick was the southern stronghold.
- The city of 350,000, the southern stronghold in Yemen's civil war, is surrounded by northern troops.
- The village grew to a fortified town, that served as a southern stronghold of the counts of Schaumburg.
- Saleh's army is fighting to close the net on the southern stronghold of Aden, a port city, from three fronts: the west, north and east.
- The base is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the southern stronghold of Aden.
- Heavy fighting was raging to the north and east of the southern stronghold of Aden Wednesday, as fear spread through the city's population.
- But he denied southern claims the north had unleashed a missile attack on the southern stronghold.
- The Taliban still have troops in their southern stronghold, around Kandahar.
- He went on to capture important southern strongholds such as Malaga and Seville.
- As they hunkered down in and around Kandahar, their southern stronghold, there were questions about how much longer they would be able to hold on.
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