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NORTHERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Northern" is a kind of...):
Middle English (English from about 1100 to 1450)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming from the north; used especially of wind
Example:
the winds are northerly
Synonyms:
northerly; northern
Classified under:
Similar:
north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)
Derivation:
northernness (the property of being to the north)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Situated in or oriented toward the north
Example:
going in a northerly direction
Synonyms:
northerly; northern
Classified under:
Similar:
north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Situated in or coming from regions of the north
Example:
northern autumn colors
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
boreal; circumboreal (comprising or throughout far northern regions)
north-central (being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado)
septrional (of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major)
Attribute:
north (a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city)
Antonym:
southern (situated in or coming from regions of the south)
Sense 4
Meaning:
In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
Example:
northern cities
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
blue (used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms))
Federal; Union (being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War)
Yankee (used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier))
Attribute:
North; Union (the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War))
North (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line)
Antonym:
southern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Context examples:
Most scientists have homed in on the northern and southern mid-latitudes, which have more plentiful sunlight and warmer temperatures than the poles.
(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)
Big geographic changes across northern Zealandia, which is about the same size as India, have implications for understanding questions such as how plants and animals dispersed and evolved in the South Pacific.
(Scientists return from expedition to lost continent of Zealandia, National Science Foundation)
For snowshoe hares and 20 other species across the northern hemisphere, the white winter coats that once rendered them nearly invisible to predators now make them conspicuous to lynx, foxes, weasels and hawks.
(Twenty-one species adapted to disappear in the snow. Then, the snow disappeared, National Science Foundation)
The minister said one tomb has five entrances that lead to a rectangular hall where two burial shafts are located on the northern and southern sides of the tomb.
(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)
They are growing in a remote region of northern Brazil, far from human activity, and may be over 400 years old.
(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)
Why are drylands changing in the Chobe district of Northern Botswana?
(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)
A second study, focused on craters that are persistently in shadow in Ceres' northern hemisphere.
(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)
A state in Mexico comprising the northern half of the Baja California peninsula.
(Baja California, NCI Thesaurus)
A state in the northern midwest United States.
(Minnesota, NCI Thesaurus)
The region that circles the Earth, near the equator, where the trade winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres come together.
(Intertropical Convergence Zone, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
