northern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔːðən/
ipa: /ˈnɔːðn̩/
ipa: /ˈnɔɹðɚn/
enpr: nôr′thərn
ipa: /ˈnɒðə(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: more northern
form: most northern
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.
Senses: examples: text: Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.
ref: 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020, page 28:
text: 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.
ref: 2022 May 17, Esha Mitra and Jessie Yeung, “Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
glosses: Blowing from the north; northerly.
raw_tags: of a wind
examples: text: Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian.
glosses: Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)
Synonyms: boreal
septentrional
Derived terms: 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 England
northern epilepsy syndrome
northerner
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 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 Lights
northern lion
northernly
Northern Macedonia
northern maidenhair
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Marianas
Northern Midlands
northern mockingbird
northern monkey
northernmost
Northernness
northernness
Northern Norway
northern oriole
northern palm squirrel
Northern Palmyra
northern pintail
northern pitcher plant
northern quoll
northern raccoon
northern raven
northern red-backed vole
northern red oak
Northern Region
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rivers
northern rock cress
Northern Samar
northern screamer
northern scurfy Quaker moth
northern shoveler
northern shrike
northern shrimp
northern slimy salamander
northern snakehead
northern solstice
northern soul
northern spell
Northern State
northern storm petrel
northern streamers
Northern Tablelands
Northern Territories
Northern Territory
northern three-toed jerboa
northern tigrina
northern tree shrew
Northern Tropic
Northern Union football
Northern Virginia
northern viscacha
northern water dragon
northern wheatear
northern whiting
northern wild rice
northern wiretail
northern wolffish
northern woodrush
unnorthern
Related terms: eastern
occidental
oriental
western