Southland

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Joan Houston Hall wrote:

> The earliest citation DARE has found so far for "Southland," meaning
> Southern California, is from 1988.  I'm sure it goes back at least to the
> sixties; can any of you westerners give dated recollections of the use of
> the term?  Actual early citations would also be very welcome.

1970 _N.Y. Times_ 27 Sept. 30  Most experts expect that at least two of
the new [Congressional] seats will go into San Diego and Orange counties
-- the bastions of the John Birch Society -- and that two others will be
somewhere in the "southland."

Fred Shapiro

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