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northern

/ˈnɔɹ.ðɚn/

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What does northern mean?

adjective

  1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
  2. Blowing from the north; northerly.
  3. Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)
More meanings (10)

noun

  1. An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
  2. The northern pike.
  3. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska, often with a Mountie as the protagonist.
  4. A steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.
  5. A genre of fiction focusing on the untamed northern territory of Canada and sometimes Alaska, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

adjective

  1. Characteristic of the North of England (the North) (usually capitalised).
  2. Characteristic of the northern part of the United States (the North) (usually capitalised).

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. The Northern Line of the London Underground.
  3. (historical) Any of several former railroads called the Northern Railroad in the 19th century.
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North--The low level of domestic industry and agriculture have made northern Yemen dependent on imports for virtually all of its essential needs.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
The post attends, and she delivers it, Charging the sour-faced groom to hie as fast As lagging fowls before the northern blast.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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It was comparatively spring, shut up as we were behind this iceberg, whose lengthened mass was dimly seen on our northern horizon.
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
This bread, with its ashes and bran, would disgust and choke a northern man, but it is quite liked by the slaves.
Frederick DouglassMy Bondage and My FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #202
We would naturally expect to find the age of child-bearing prolonged in the northern countries where the age of maturity is later.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747