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northern northern definition

northern


 
  Grep  of  noun  northern 
  capital  of  northern  ireland 
  northern 
  northern  baptist  convention 
  northern  bedstraw 
  northern  beech  fern 
  northern  bobwhite 
  northern  bog  lemming 
  northern  casque-headed  frog 
  northern  cricket  frog 
  northern  cross 
  northern  dewberry 
  northern  dune  tansy 
  northern  europe 
  northern  flying  squirrel 
  northern  harrier 
  northern  hemisphere 
  northern  holly  fern 
  northern  ireland 
  northern  jacob's  ladder 
  northern  lights 
  northern  lobster 
  northern  mammoth 
  northern  oak  fern 
  northern  oriole 
  northern  parula 
  northern  phalarope 
  northern  pike 
  northern  pin  oak 
  northern  pitch  pine 
  northern  pocket  gopher 
  northern  porgy 
  northern  red  oak 
  northern  scup 
  northern  sea  robin 
  northern  shrike 
  northern  snow  bedstraw 
  northern  spy 
  northern  storm  petrel 
  northern  territory 
  northern  white  cedar 
  northern  whiting 
  northern  woodsia 
  northerner 
  northernness 
  united  kingdom  of  great  britain  and  northern  ireland 
 
  Overview  of  noun  northern 
 
  The  noun  northern  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  Northern  --  (a  dialect  of  Middle  English  that  developed  into  Scottish  Lallans) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  northern 
 
  The  adj  northern  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (15)  northern  --  (in  or  characteristic  of  a  region  of  the  United  States  north  of  (approximately)  the  Mason-Dixon  line  "Northern  liberals";  "northern  industry";  "northern  cities") 
  2.  (6)  northerly,  northern  --  (situated  in  or  oriented  toward  the  north;  "the  northern  suburbs";  "going  in  a  northerly  direction") 
  3.  (1)  northerly,  northern  --  (coming  from  the  north;  used  especially  of  wind;  "the  north  wind  doth  blow";  "a  northern  snowstorm";  "the  winds  are  northerly") 
  4.  northern  --  (situated  in  or  coming  from  regions  of  the  north;  "the  northern  hemisphere";  "northern  autumn  colors") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  northern 
 
  4  senses  of  northern 
 
  Sense  1 
  northern  (vs.  southern) 
 
  southern  (vs.  northern) 
  =>  Confederate 
  =>  gray,  grey 
  =>  rebel 
 
  Sense  2 
  northerly,  northern 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  north)  ->  south 
 
  Sense  3 
  northerly,  northern 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  north)  ->  south 
 
  Sense  4 
  northern  (vs.  southern) 
 
  southern  (vs.  northern) 
  =>  austral 
  =>  meridional 
  =>  south-central 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  northern 
 
  4  senses  of  northern 
 
  Sense  1 
  northern  (vs.  southern) 
  =>  blue 
  =>  Union,  Federal 
  =>  Yankee 
 
  Sense  2 
  northerly,  northern 
  =>  north  (vs.  south) 
 
  Sense  3 
  northerly,  northern 
  =>  north  (vs.  south) 
 
  Sense  4 
  northern  (vs.  southern) 
  =>  boreal,  circumboreal 
  =>  north-central 
  =>  septrional 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  northern 
 
  2  of  4  senses  of  northern 
 
  Sense  1 
  northern  (vs.  southern) 
  =>  Union,  North 
  =>  North 
 
  Sense  4 
  northern  (vs.  southern) 
  =>  North,  northland,  septentrion 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  northern 
 
  northern  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  northern 
  northern 
  northernmost 
 
  Overview  of  noun  northern 
 
  The  noun  northern  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  Northern  --  (a  dialect  of  Middle  English  that  developed  into  Scottish  Lallans) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  northern 
 
  The  adj  northern  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (15)  northern  --  (in  or  characteristic  of  a  region  of  the  United  States  north  of  (approximately)  the  Mason-Dixon  line  "Northern  liberals";  "northern  industry";  "northern  cities") 
  2.  (6)  northerly,  northern  --  (situated  in  or  oriented  toward  the  north;  "the  northern  suburbs";  "going  in  a  northerly  direction") 
  3.  (1)  northerly,  northern  --  (coming  from  the  north;  used  especially  of  wind;  "the  north  wind  doth  blow";  "a  northern  snowstorm";  "the  winds  are  northerly") 
  4.  northern  --  (situated  in  or  coming  from  regions  of  the  north;  "the  northern  hemisphere";  "northern  autumn  colors") 



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