northern
See also: Northern
English
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Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɔːðən/, /ˈnɔːðn̩/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɔɹðɚn/, enPR: nôr′thərn
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈnɒðə(ɹ)n/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
[edit]northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern or northernmost)
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 1 November 2020, page 28:
- 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.
- 2022 May 17, Esha Mitra and Jessie Yeung, “Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren”, in CNN[2]:
- 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.
- (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
- (British) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)
- Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian.
Synonyms
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[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 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, 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 pikeminnow
- 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 Sunrise County
- 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
- the Northern Crown
- unnorthern
Translations
[edit]of wind
characteristic of North of England
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See also
[edit]Noun
[edit]northern (plural northerns)
- An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
- (fishing) The northern pike.
- 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies:
- As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.
- (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) 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.
- Coordinate terms: northwestern, western
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