English Explanatory Dictionary

northern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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)
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.
adj
  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).
name
  1. A surname.
  2. The Northern Line of the London Underground.
  3. Any of several former railroads called the Northern Railroad in the 19th century.
noun
  1. A steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.
  2. A genre of fiction focusing on the untamed northern territory of Canada and sometimes Alaska, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɔː.ðən/ [ˈnɔːðn̩] /ˈnɒ.ðə(ɹ)n/ /ˈnɔɹ.ðɚn/ nôr′thərn /ˈnoː.ðən/ [ˈnoːðn̩] en-us-northern.ogg

Word forms

northern more northern most northern northernmost northerns

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.

Synonyms

boreal septentrional Northern Pacific

Antonyms

austral meridional southern

Related words

eastern occidental oriental western

Derived words

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 Northern Grampians northern grasshopper mouse northern greater galago northern hairy-nosed wombat northern harrier northern hawk owl northern hemisphere northern house martin Northern Ireland Northern Irish northernism northernization northernize northern jacana Northern Jê Northern Khmer northern lady fern northern lapwing northern lights northern lion

Translations

Finnish: pohjoinen Finnish: pohjois- French: bise Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ქარი Ancient Greek: βόρειος Polish: północny Portuguese: norte Romanian: nordic Scottish Gaelic: a tuath
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