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northern

adj
/ˈnɔː.ðən/UK/ˈnɒ.ðə(ɹ)n//ˈnɔɹ.ðɚn/CA

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordrōni and Old Norse norrœnn. Morphologically north + -ern.

  1. inherited from *nurþrōnijaz✻
  2. inherited from *norþrōnī✻
  3. inherited from norþerne
  4. inherited from northerne

Definitions

  1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north

    Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.

    • Sadhana and Sanjeev Prasad, who live in Haridwar, a city in northern Uttarakhand state, filed a petition this month seeking 50 million Indian rupees (about $643,000) in damages from their son, 35, and his wife, 31.

  2. Blowing from the north

    Blowing from the north; northerly.

  3. Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

    • Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. An inhabitant of the northern regions

      An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.

    2. The northern pike.

      • As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

    3. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the…

      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. Characteristic of the North of England (the North) (usually capitalised).

      • Les Dawson was a famous Northern comedian.

    5. Characteristic of the northern part of the United States (the North) (usually…

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

      • She's a Northern girl, so she had to ask what hush puppies and mudbugs are. We were happy to serve her the answer on a platter!

    6. A surname.

    7. The Northern Line of the London Underground.

    8. Any of several former railroads called the Northern Railroad in the 19th century.

      • We don't move any freight on the Northern anymore.

    9. A steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.

      • It takes something big, like a Northern, to pull a train of this size.
      • Along the UP Trail, America's original transcontinental, mention of the 800's will long recall the capable, long-legged Northerns that were built for standard-weight limiteds but often doubled for diesels on the City streamliners.

    10. A genre of fiction focusing on the untamed northern territory of Canada and sometimes…

      A genre of fiction focusing on the untamed northern territory of Canada and sometimes Alaska, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

      • I decided to kick back and lose myself in a good Northern for a while.

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Derived

great northern bean, great northern diver, great northern loon, great northern prawn, great northern shrike, nonnorthern, northern anchovy, Northern Areas, Northern Beaches, northern bilberry, northern birch mouse, northern blindfish, northern blot analysis, northern bobwhite, northern bog lemming, northern boobook, northern bottlenose whale, northern brown argus, northern brown bandicoot, Northern Bruce Peninsula, northern brushtail possum, Northern Cape, northern cardinal, northern cavefish, northern common cuscus, northern curlew, northern dawn, northern dock, Northern England, northern epilepsy syndrome, northerner, northernest, northern eyelash boa, northern firmoss, northern flicker, northern fulmar, northern fur seal, northern fur-seal, northern gannet, northern goshawk · +81 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for northern. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA