'Northern' definitions:
Definition of 'northern'
(from WordNet)
adjective
In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities" [ant: southern]
adjective
Situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction" [syn: northerly, northern]
adjective
Coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly" [syn: northerly, northern]
adjective
Situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors" [ant: southern]
noun
A dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
Definition of 'Northern'
From: GCIDE
- Northern \North"ern\, a. [AS. nor[eth]erne.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. [1913 Webster]
- Northern diver. (Zool.) See Loon.
- Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.
- Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'northern'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antarctic,
- arctic,
- austral,
- boreal,
- east,
- eastbound,
- easterly,
- eastermost,
- eastern,
- easternmost,
- hyperborean,
- meridional,
- north,
- northbound,
- northeast,
- northeasterly,
- northeastern,
- northerly,
- northernmost,
- northwest,
- northwesterly,
- northwestern,
- occidental,
- oriental,
- south,
- southbound,
- southeast,
- southeasterly,
- southeastern,
- southerly,
- southern,
- southernmost,
- southwest,
- southwesterly,
- southwestern,
- west,
- westbound,
- westerly,
- western,
- westernmost
Words containing 'Northern'
- Northerner,
- Northernly,
- northernness,
- Northern Cambria,
- Northern diver,
- Northern lights,
- Northern muscadine,
- Northern spy,
- northern alliance,
- northern baptist,
- northern barramundi,
- northern bedstraw,
- northern bobwhite,
- northern cardinal,
- northern cross,
- northern dewberry,
- northern europe,
- northern harrier,
- northern hemisphere,
- northern ireland,
- northern lobster,
- northern mammoth,
- northern marianas,
- northern node,
- northern oriole,
- northern parula,
- northern phalarope,
- northern pike,
- northern porgy,
- northern rhodesia,
- northern scup,
- northern shrike,
- northern snakehead,
- northern territory,
- northern whiting,
- northern woodsia,
- Northern Cambria, PA,
- capital of northern ireland,
- northern baptist convention,
- northern beech fern,
- northern bog lemming,
- northern butcher bird,
- northern cricket frog,
- northern dune tansy,
- northern flying squirrel,
- northern holly fern,
- northern jacob's ladder,
- northern mariana islands,
- northern oak fern,
- northern pin oak,
- northern pitch pine,
- northern pocket gopher,
- northern red oak,
- northern sea robin,
- northern snow bedstraw,
- northern storm petrel,
- northern white cedar,
- northern casque-headed frog,
- united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland