northern

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
2. Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Noun

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. The northern pike.
3. 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.

Concepts

northern

north

northerly

northward

Northern

boreal

septentrional

northwards

polar

uptown

living in the north

high up

upper

septrional

Nordic

nordic

Thuja occidentalis

backwards

behind

from the north

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɔːðən/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

The British were more present in northern Sudan , especially towards Khartoum .