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northern

Dictionary definition · Northern

noun

  1. a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans

adjective

  1. in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line"Northern liberals"
  2. oriented toward the north"the northern suburbs"
  3. coming from the north; used especially of wind"a northern snowstorm"
  4. situated in regions of the north"the Northern Hemisphere"

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).