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septentrional

adj
/sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis, from septentriōnēs (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.

  1. borrowed from septentriōnālis

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the north

    Pertaining to the north; northern.

    • Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.
    • Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.

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