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1. (adj.) northern
lying toward or situated in the north.
2. northern
directed or proceeding northward.
3. northern
coming from the north, as a wind.
4. northern
(often cap.) of or pertaining to the North, esp. the northern U.S.
5. northern
north of the celestial equator or of the zodiac.
Etymology: (bef. 900)
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1. (adj) Northern
a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
2. (adj) northern
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
"Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities"
3. (adj) northerly, northern
situated in or oriented toward the north
"the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction"
4. (adj) northerly, northern
coming from the north; used especially of wind
"the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly"
5. (adj) northern
situated in or coming from regions of the north
"the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors"
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1. (adjective) northern
from or in the north of a country
a northern tradition
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) northern
of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west
2. (adj) northern
in a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind
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Sense: of the north or the North.
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 Afrikaans: noordelik, noordagtig |
 Arabic: شَمالي، الشَّمال |
 Bulgarian: северен |
 Brazilian: do norte |
 Czech: severní, severský |
 German: nördlich |
 Danish: nordlig; nord- |
 Greek: βόρειος, βορινός |
 Spanish: del norte |
 Estonian: põhja- |
 Farsi: شمالی |
 Finnish: pohjoinen |
 French: du nord, septentrional |
 Hebrew: צְפוֹנִי |
 Hindi: उत्तरी |
 Croatian: sjeverni |
 Hungarian: északi |
 Indonesian: utara |
 Icelandic: að norðan; norðlægur, nor |
 Italian: del nord, settentrionale |
 Japanese: 北の |
 Korean: 북쪽의 |
 Lithuanian: šiaurės, šiaurinis |
 Latvian: ziemeļu- |
 Malay: utara |
 Dutch: noord- |
 Norwegian: nordlig, nordre, nord- |
 Polish: północny |
 Persian: شمالی |
 Pashto: شمالى |
 Portuguese: do norte |
 Romanian: nordic, de/din nord |
 Russian: северный |
 Slovak: severný, severský |
 Slovenian: severni |
 Serbian: severnjački |
 Swedish: nordlig, norra, nord-, no |
 Thai: ทางทิศเหนือหรือภาคเหนือ |
 Turkish: kuzey, kuzeyde olan |
 Taiwanese: 北方的 |
 Ukrainian: північний |
 Urdu: شمالي |
 Vietnamese: ở phía bắc |
 Chinese: 北部的 |
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